The Feminine Mystique | Chapters 9 - 11 Questions and Answers
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1. In what way is consumerism a key ingredient in the feminine mystique?
2. Advertising asserts that women should buy timesaving products for the home. How is this fact a dilemma for both advertisers and women?
3. How does the work of a housewife expand to fill the time available? What did Friedan learn about the time housework takes for women with jobs or serious outside interests?
4. How do “open plan” architecture and the rise of the suburbs reflect the role of the housewife in American society during the 1940s and 1950s?
5. Why does the...
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