Neither woman nor man lives by work, or love, alone … The human self defines itself and grows through love and work: All psychology before and after Freud boils down to that.
BETTY FRIEDANWhile I had been, I guess, quite brilliant, academically, in my college years, I also had been editor of the paper, and I loved that. And, that was a much more active thing. And I missed it when I was doing graduate work.
More Betty Friedan Quotes
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Regardless of your age, you will always have adventures, unexpected joys and unexpected sorrows.
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life lived only for oneself does not truly satisfy men or women. There is a hunger in Americans today for larger purposes beyond the self. That is the reason for the religious revival and the new resonance of ‘family.
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Dominance is a burden. Most men who are honest will admit that.
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No woman gets an orgasm from shining the kitchen floor.
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Aging is not “lost youth” but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
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To protest free speech in the name of protecting women is dangerous and wrong.
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When I was in high school, even in college, I didn’t have any real image of a career woman or a professional woman.
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We need a new political movement of women and men toward a new society.
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Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women.
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A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex, but neither should she “adjust” to prejudice and discrimination.
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A good woman is one who loves passionately, has guts, seriousness and passionate convictions, takes responsibility, and shapes society.
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I love newspapers. I’ve worked on newspapers, all my life. I’ve always loved it.
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He’s a male chauvinistic piglet.
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The feminist revolution had to be fought because women quite simply were stopped at a state of evolution far short of their human capacity.
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I won a really big fellowship to go straight on to get my Ph.D. And I went through agonies of indecision, and then I decided not to accept it. I just decided I didn’t want to be an academic.
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