Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.

Quote by Betty Friedan

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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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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 of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

A woman of honor should never suspect another of things she would not do herself.

When a man and woman share the love of cigars, it creates a unique intimacy.

When a man and woman share the love of cigars, it creates a unique intimacy.

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function,...

The especial genius of women I believe to be electrical in movement, intuitive in function,...

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...

We have gone forth from our shores repeatedly over the last hundred years and we've...