The Feminine Mystique

This was the name of the organization that fought for Women's Rights

• NAACP

• SNCC

• NOW

• Black Panters

Betty Friedan wrote what book in 1963 that became the symbol for the Women's Rights Movement?

• The Feminine Mystique

• Das Kapital

• The Trouble with Women

• Walden Pond

Pictures like the one here suggest that in the 1960s

• Women who called for equal rights were a relatively small subset of the general population

• A silent majority allowed to the passage of major legislation to help women

• Most men supported the actions taken by women

• Women used similar methods as the Civil Rights Movement to push for equality

What caused Betty Friedan to write the Feminine Mystique

• Friedan wanted to show her anti-feminism to the world and how domestic life should be kept the same

• The Feminine Mystique was written by Phyllis Schlafly not Betty Friedan

• Friedan wanted to show how the domestic life of women was in a good place and how women should not be dissatisfied.

• Friedan wanted to be a voice for unsatisfied women in the country, as many of them didn't know how to articulate their dissatisfaction of like as a women.

Phyllis Schlafly was a women, yet she was opposed to the ERA what was her reasoning

• ERA would be taking rights that women already had

• Women could be subject to the draft

• The rule that husband must support wife would be striked

• women can no longer receive benefits based off her husband's incomes

What were some critiques against Friedan and her book The Feminine Mystique

• nothing she was an angel!

• Horowitz pointed that Friedan was racist and classist

• Friedan omitted men from her book

• Friedan was in India at the time of writing the book

How did the continuous outbreaks of war influence Schlafly's argument?

• With the ERA women no longer have the choice to serve as women would be forced which takes away their freedom of choice

• There was no War going on at the time

• Schlafly heavily supported the ERA because it laid basic foundation for equal rights to women

• War did not influence her argument

In what ways, mentioned by Stephanie Coontz, did Friedan and her book influence society at the time of its publication?

• The Feminine Mystique was never truly published and only available online

• Friedan was a communist and persuaded more people to be communist

• The Feminine Mystique exposes the "housewife" role women were forced to play

What is the main message portrayed in the Feminine Mystique?

• show society how domestic life for women was almost like concentration camps, and expose the role of housewives

• Feminism should be supported by all and if you did not support it you were communist

• show how women were happy in their lives and wanted to live in a sexist environment where they rely on men

• Anti-feminists like Schlafly were underappreciated and shaped the movement in various ways

Where did the term Feminine Mystique come from

• It was just a fun title for a book

• the idea that women were satisfied by being housewives and mothers and giving up their dreams to fulfill this role

• the idea that women were mysterious and like to explore various roles in their domestic life

• The term is irrelevant to our project