A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.

Quote by Betty Friedan

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The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of American women. It...

The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of American women. It...

Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine...

Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine...

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the...

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the...

We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think...

We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think...

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy...

When she stopped conforming to the conventional picture of femininity she finally began to enjoy...

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

It is better for a woman to compete impersonally in society, as men do, than...

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

Aging is not lost youth but a new stage of opportunity and strength.

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch...

I was at a meeting two years ago in Beijing, and I passed a bunch...

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young American women and...

The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young American women and...

Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.

Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.

The glorification of the 'woman's role, then, seems to be in proportion to society's reluctance...

The glorification of the 'woman's role, then, seems to be in proportion to society's reluctance...

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration...

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh...

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh...

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh...

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh...

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

I've yet to be on a campus where most women weren't worrying about some aspect...

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...

Female beauty is an important Minor Sacrament which cannot be received too often; I am...