The Feminine Mystique

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The Feminine Mystique | Chapters 1 - 4 Questions and Answers

Study Questions
1. What is “the problem that has no name” of which Friedan writes?

2. When did the media begin paying attention to the issue of women’s identities as housewives and the pitfalls of that role?

3. What were women told to do about their dissatisfaction?

4. How did the media portray the role of women in the 1930s and 1940s, versus during the 1950s?

5. What does Betty Friedan mean by the terms “Occupation: Housewife” and “the feminine mystique”?

Answers
1. Women are dissatisfied with what they are told should make them happy,...

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