There is absolutely no evidence that it is harmful to children if their mother’s health, well-being and autonomy and control of her own destiny is maximized by work outside the home.
BETTY FRIEDANIt is perhaps beside the point to remark that bowling alleys and supermarkets have nursery facilities, while schools and colleges and scientific laboratories and government offices do not.
More Betty Friedan Quotes
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I knew one thing. I did not want to be a mommy like mommy.
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If divorce has increased by one thousand percent, don’t blame the women’s movement. Blame the obsolete sex roles on which our marriages were based.
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By now, abortion should be obsolete. And I – and probably a lot of other feminists – wish it were obsolete, because abortion, in itself, is not a value – it is simply the right to chose, which is an essential value.
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You have to say no to the old ways before you can begin to find the new yes you need.
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Getting older is an adventure, not a problem.
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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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Aging is not “lost youth” but a new stage of opportunity and strength.
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The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.
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[Feminist:] One who believes in the liberation of that which has been suppressed as female in a man.
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Advice? I don’t offer advice. Not my business. Your life is what you make it.
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If women’s role in life is limited solely to housewife/mother, it clearly ends when she can no longer bear more children and the children she has borne leave home.
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Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves?
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We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: ‘I want something more than my husband and my children and my home.’
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Most of the people in the workforce today will spend some years when they also have children and family responsibilities.
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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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