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A review by mercedesm1
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
4.0
This was a great nonfiction follow up to “Lessons in Chemistry”.
This book provides context not just to the state of feminism, but to American society as a whole, at the time of this being written. Remember the goal of this author: to help women wake themselves up, and claim their identity as a human first and a woman second. Sometimes, weird and hyperbolic comparisons are used (a housewife, to holocaust prisoners, for example) - but don’t let that take away from the big truths she helps shine a light on.
Every one should read this. But, I definitely recommend the audio book vs. reading physically due to the heavy academic language used at certain points in the book.
This book provides context not just to the state of feminism, but to American society as a whole, at the time of this being written. Remember the goal of this author: to help women wake themselves up, and claim their identity as a human first and a woman second. Sometimes, weird and hyperbolic comparisons are used (a housewife, to holocaust prisoners, for example) - but don’t let that take away from the big truths she helps shine a light on.
Every one should read this. But, I definitely recommend the audio book vs. reading physically due to the heavy academic language used at certain points in the book.