The Feminine Mystique

<i>The Feminine Mystique</i> ignited a revolution that profoundly changed culture, conciousness &amp; lives. Today it newly penetrates to the heart of issues determining our lives &amp; sounds a call to arms against the very real dangers of a new feminine mystique in contemporary economic &amp; political turbulence. Decades later, the underlying issues raised by Friedan strike at the core of the problems women still face at home &amp; in the marketplace. As they continue to struggle for equality, to keep their hard-won gains, to find fulfillment in careers, marriage &amp; family, <i>The Feminine Mystique</i> remains a seminal conciousness-raising work.<br />Preface &amp; Acknowledgments<br />Problem that has no name<br />Happy housewife heroine <br />Crisis in woman's identity <br />Passionate journey <br />Sexual solipsism of Sigmund Freud <br />Functional freeze, the feminine protest &amp; Margaret Mead<br />Sex-directed educators<br />Mistaken choice <br />Sexual sell <br />Housewifery expands to fill the time available<br />Sex-seekers <br />Progressive dehumanization: the comfortable concentration camp<br />Forfeited self<br />A New life plan for women<br />Notes<br />Index