To do the work that you are capable of doing is the mark of maturity.
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Friedan, Betty
It is easier to live through someone else than to become complete yourself.
Betty Friedan (1921–2006) American writer, feminist, activist
The Feminine Mystique, ch. 14 (1963)
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A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she “adjust” to prejudice and discrimination. She must learn to compete then, not as a woman, but as a human being.
Betty Friedan (1921–2006) American writer, feminist, activist
The Feminine Mystique, ch. 14 (1963)
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Men weren’t really the enemy — they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.
Betty Friedan (1921–2006) American writer, feminist, activist
The Feminine Mystique, Epilogue (1974 ed.)
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Sometimes paraphrased: "Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim."
FRIEDAN: There was a masculine mystique, too.
PLAYBOY: What was it?
FRIEDAN: Men had to be supermen: stoic, responsible meal tickets. Dominance is a burden. Most men who are honest will admit that.