Comments on: The Feminine Mystique http://herhistory.org/2008/09/22/the-feminine-mystique/ Tue, 22 May 2012 09:33:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Ms. Rose http://herhistory.org/2008/09/22/the-feminine-mystique/#comment-10625 Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:57:37 +0000 http://herhistory.org/2008/09/22/the-feminine-mystique/#comment-10625 I haven't read that book...it sounds interesting. I haven’t read that book…it sounds interesting.

]]> by: tanya http://herhistory.org/2008/09/22/the-feminine-mystique/#comment-10620 Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:11:14 +0000 http://herhistory.org/2008/09/22/the-feminine-mystique/#comment-10620 I've felt the same, too. I didn't actually read the book in its entirety until this past summer, but I've had the same concern. And I think that this attack on the domestic sphere - or at least what many have perceived as an attack, including myself - has caused rifts among women. My mom, for example, was the first woman in her family to attend college (in the late 1960s/early 1970s). Her mom stayed at home, and my mom went on to get a master's, teach at community college for a few years, and then decided to stay at home. I like that women now have that choice, and I think today it's much more acceptable to make the stay-at-home option, but I think that the tension regarding stay-at-home vs. working mom has been problematic for women in our country. Sorry, my short rant/commentary for the day. :) Have you read "Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminist Mystique" (book authored by...Horowitz, I think?). Really fascinating. I’ve felt the same, too. I didn’t actually read the book in its entirety until this past summer, but I’ve had the same concern. And I think that this attack on the domestic sphere - or at least what many have perceived as an attack, including myself - has caused rifts among women. My mom, for example, was the first woman in her family to attend college (in the late 1960s/early 1970s). Her mom stayed at home, and my mom went on to get a master’s, teach at community college for a few years, and then decided to stay at home. I like that women now have that choice, and I think today it’s much more acceptable to make the stay-at-home option, but I think that the tension regarding stay-at-home vs. working mom has been problematic for women in our country.

Sorry, my short rant/commentary for the day. :) Have you read “Betty Friedan and the Making of the Feminist Mystique” (book authored by…Horowitz, I think?). Really fascinating.

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