The Feminine Mystique

"Although it is a very white, affluent view of feminism, it's still informative "

"While we thankfully do no still live in the America that Friedan writes about it is amazing to see how far we have come... While this book is outdated (and the thoughts on homosexuality are completely wrong) I feel like everyone should read this book. Equality is something that will always have to be worked on as we still live in an unbalanced society. All people deserve to be treated as humans. Being an immigrant does not make you less intelligent or skilled. Having a different skin color does not make you less than anyone. Loving someone of the same sex does not change the love that exists in the world. Having a disability does not make you less able. If more people are free to be themselves society can only grow. We need to keep working on making the world a better place for all and we need to protect this planet from the people and corporations that are destroying it. (I am still baffled how companies can have more rights than humans and we all just let it keep going...)<br/> My mother told me when I was younger to "never rely on a man for anything, if you can take care of yourself everything will work out great". I never understood this advice till now. Her mom and childhood was exactly what was written about in this book. She watched her mother struggle with the problem with no name firsthand. She was one of the aimless ones that dropped out of high school to chase good times and eventually found passion, work and my dad. My parents split the load my whole life. My mom would go to work early and my dad would get me ready and walk me to school. My mom would be home early and make dinner and my dad would come home later and help us with homework. She made time for my brother's sports and my piano/dance recitals and she even met a president. She was no less of a woman because she worked and I was fortunate to never know a world with the feminine mystique."