![]() ![]() For it is not the strength of the mothers that is at fault but their weakness, their passive childlike dependency and immaturity that is mistaken for "femininity." Our society forces boys, insofar as it can, to grow up, to endure the pains of growth, to educate themselves to work, to move on. 4 A widely popular book on women in modern America was called 'The Feminine Mystique.' It was written by Betty Friedan and published in nineteen sixty-three. It is society's job, and finally that of each woman alone. If the mother is at fault, why isn't it time to break the pattern by urging all these Sleeping Beauties to grow up and live their own lives? There never will be enough Prince Charmings or enough therapists to break that pattern now. “We have gone on too long blaming or pitying the mothers who devour their children, who sow the seeds of progressive dehumanization, because they have never grown to full humanity themselves. 1963, INSCRIBED 1st EDITION (2nd PRINTING) -'THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE'- BETTY FRIEDAN inscribed her book, 'For Jean Dietz - companion in a torturous hour' After writing 'The Feminine Mystique' in 1963 Friedan went on to co-found the National Organization for Women (NOW) in 1986. ![]()
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