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    single by choice. For decades‚ the norm for Japanese woman was to get married in their twenties‚ have children and take care of them. Recently‚ there has been a shift from the « full-time professional housewife » (sengyoshufu) that Kazumi Ishii and Nerida Jarkey describe in their book The housewife is Born: The Establishment of the Notion and Identity of the Shufu in Modern Japan as being popularized to all classes since the Taisho era‚ to « double income » (tomobataraki) families. Women have fewer

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    The cases Friedan brought up in the first chapter confirms how unhappy women are‚ pointing towards feminine fulfillment being met early‚ lack of energy‚ and “housewife fatigue.”2 The goals women were expected to make were to marry early‚ have children‚ and act as a modern housewife. Per Friedan’s observations‚ most women typically didn’t have the time or experience to set their own personal goals. With goals as a woman having been sorted out incredibly early into a woman’s timeline‚ it’s difficult

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    women are told to believe—and often do believe—that “the problem” doesn’t exist. The problem‚ as Friedan describes it‚ is that women are increasingly taught to believe that their existence and happiness is limited to the roles of spouse‚ mother‚ and housewife. Because so few women are able to recognize that these roles are limited or that they might be unhappy with them‚ the problem has “no name.” She notes that by 1950‚ the media no longer showed images of women doing anything other than trying to attract

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    time. She then discusses the struggles her mother experienced as she was forced into being a housewife. Her father worked constantly and her mother was the chauffer‚ maid‚ and cook.”When I was growing up in suburban New York‚ my mother seemed to do everything. Everything Carpooling‚ haircuts‚ vet appointments‚ ice cream cakes‚ dinners in the Crock-Pot‚ book-report dioramas—the whole roll call for a housewife of the 1960s and 1970s” (52).  As a result‚ Edelman barely knew her father. With this in mind

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    in a nice suburb.” The American suburban housewife was very mainstream in the American culture in this time. Consequently‚ Friedan’s concept about women in America were disappointed with their life’s as a mother and a house wife. They were living the American dream having the picture perfect family and the nice home and car in the suburban‚ however‚ once they had all they ever dreamed about was now reshaping the way they felt. “Trap the suburban housewife‚ the continual demands on her time but the

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    “The Happy Housewife Heroine” image views woman’s only role as sexual: she is a maker of babies and exists to please and clean up after her husband‚ to not have any disturbing or challenging thoughts or ideas—for they would be unfeminine. The feminine mystique‚ is essentially‚ a glamorized version of the repression of women—and it is perpetuated by male editors back home from war who want women to remain at home‚ ready to comfort them and too helpless to challenge them. Friedan notes that as magazines

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    WORKING WOMAN vs. HOUSEWIFE I watched a debate on the television on this topic. There were two groups who discussed this.  Surprisingly‚ each group had a husband/wife whose spouse was in the other group.  This opportunity was too good to be missed‚ I guess!  The debate was lively‚ did not reduce to a wrangling match because of the mediator. He was able to conduct the whole debate very smoothly. Those who do not want their wives to work have no problems if their daughters or sisters work.  Why these

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    Working wives and mothers : what happens to family life? The changing work role of women has caused much concern about the survival of the family; most women can mix work with marriage and motherhood and handle or better share the resulting household responsibilities SAR A. LEVITAN AND RICHARD S . BELOUS American families seem to be besieged from all sides . Divorce rates are climbing ; marriage is being postponed‚ if not rejected ; fertility rates are falling ; increasing numbers of

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    loving nature of a housewife who adores her husband and eagerly anticipates this arrival from a long day at work. Mary Maloney was a housewife who was married to Patrick Maloney‚ a detective. At the beginning of the story‚ Mary appears to be a submissive wife and mother who wants to please her husband in any way that she can. It’s not until the plot unfolds that we see that Mary is actually a devious murderer. Mary ‘s image through much of the story is that of a domestic housewife while Patrick comes

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    and the man wishes it to be so too. Thus‚science has catered for the looks of the female. Today‚women want to be more and more gorgeous to prove that no one can compete with them. Science has created a variety of cosmetics product to boost the housewife to improve her usual make up. Those beauty products‚cream and lotions fabricated for their use. Those products are not only cheap but will make the women resplendids. Also‚due to science there is aesthetic surgery which is innovative. Some housewives

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