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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by...

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by...

When you get married you forget about kissing other women.

When you get married you forget about kissing other women.

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

For me there are only two type of women: goddesses and doormats.

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment....

Women must understand that simply attacking or hating men is just another form of disempowerment....