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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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 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...

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

Women wish to be loved without a why or a wherefore; not because they are...

When you get married you forget about kissing other women.

When you get married you forget about kissing other women.

The scorn men express for a male who does housework is exceeded only by their...

The scorn men express for a male who does housework is exceeded only by their...

I have two ambitions in life: one is to drink every pub dry, the other...

I have two ambitions in life: one is to drink every pub dry, the other...