Betty Friedan Flashcards
(8 cards)
When was Betty Friedan alive?
1929-2006
What and when was her book?
The Feminine Mystique
1963
What ideology did same support
Feminism
What did she say about individualism?
Seek control over their own lives
Full realisation of potential
What was her opinion on gender?
A hindrance to all women
Misogynistic attitudes nurtured by ‘cultural channels’
Women continued their lot on life determined by human nature
Legal equality for change
What were the ‘cultural channels’ she references?
Schools, organised religion, media, literature, theatre and cinema
What ideas was she against?
Human nature condemned women to underachievement
Violence and illegality to gain change
The state was ‘patriarchal’ and under the control of the dominant gender
What key events happened in her life?
Post-war
3rd wave feminism
