Tuesday, March 13, 2018
The Feminine Mystique
The book The Feminine Mystique was a book written by Betty Friedan which was credited to be the cause of the sparking causing the second wave of feminism in the United States. The book was published in 1963. Her inspiration for the book started in 1957 when she conducted a survey during a class reunion of her former college classmates. They were all women. She found out that the majority of these women were unhappy with their lives as housewives. This prompted her to write The Feminine Mystique by interviewing other suburban housewives to see how they thought of their lives. Originally she wanted to make this story an article, but because she was a woman nobody would publish her so she would have to settle for just a book. The Feminine Mystique drew large numbers of white, middle-class women to the feminist cause. Thus sparking the second wave of feminism in the United States.
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I think that this is a very influential book. It shows how media allows activism and the spread of people's opinions to other people. This allowed women to not feel as alone in their oppression. I do like how you mention that the majority of the readers where white middle class women, because women of color and in different financial situation were not always able to express their feelings.
ReplyDeleteI think that this book was both very important and very influential because it encouraged women to speak out, and talk about how they actually felt in their roles. Friedan created a platform in which women could speak their minds, without the fear of being judged by other women.
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