The Feminine Mystique

by Friedan, Betty

• ISBN13: 9780440324973
• ISBN10: 0440324971
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Trade Book
• Copyright: 1984-10-01
• Publisher: Laurel

Summary

First published in 1963,The Feminine Mystiqueignited a revolution that profoundly changed our culture, our conciousness, and our lives. Today it newly penetrates to the heart of isuues determining our lives -- and sounds a call to arms against the very real dangers of a newe feminine mystique in the economic and political turbulence of the 1990s. Three decades later, the underlying issues raised by Betty Friedan strike at the core of the problems women still face at home and in the marketplace. As women continue to struggle for equality, to keep their hard-won gains, to find fulfillment in their careers, marriage and family,The Feminine Mystique remains the seminal conciousness-raising work of our times.

Author Biography

Betty Friedan founded the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1996

Table of Contents

Twenty Years After	ix
Introduction to the Tenth Anniversary Edition	5	(6)
Preface and Acknowledgments	11	(4)
1 The Problem That Has No Name	15	(18)
2 The Happy Housewife Heroine	33	(36)
3 The Crisis in Woman's Identity	69	(11)
4 The Passionate Journey	80	(23)
5 The Sexual Solipsism of Sigmund Freud	103	(23)
6 The Functional Freeze, the Feminine Protest, and Margaret Mead	126	(24)
7 The Sex-Directed Educators	150	(32)
8 The Mistaken Choice	182	(24)
9 The Sexual Sell	206	(27)
10 Housewifery Expands to Fill the Time Available	233	(25)
11 The Sex-Seekers	258	(24)
12 Progressive Dehumanization: The Comfortable Concentration Camp	282	(28)
13 The Forfeited Self	310	(28)
14 A New Life Plan for Women	338	(41)
Epilogue	379	(18)
Thoughts on Becoming a Grandmother	397	(22)
Notes	419	(26)
Index	445