A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps s... -Betty Friedan

A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.

Betty Friedan , Activist
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Betty Friedan was a prominent feminist activist and author. Her groundbreaking book, "The Feminine Mystique," played a pivotal role in sparking the second wave of feminism and advocating for gender equality. Her work continues to inspire and shape feminist discourse today.

Betty Friedan Quotes to Explore

We need to see men and women as equal partners, but it's hard to think of movies that do that. When I talk to people, they think of movies of forty-fi...
A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing ...
The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive....

Society Quotes to Explore

I suppose society is wonderfully delightful. To be in it is merely a bore. But to be out of it is simply a tragedy....
These interests of the workers, as the exploited and oppressed, class of society, are the same in all countries....
Financial institutions, the corporate world and civil society - all must uphold high standards of probity in their working. Only a genuine partnership...
We should like to have some towering geniuses, to reveal us to ourselves in colour and fire, but of course they would have to fit into the pattern of ...
Australia has an increasingly multicultural society....
It's a rare and precious thing to be close to suffering because our society - in many ways - tells us that suffering is wrong. If it's our own sufferi...
I started imagining this whole different world. It was a society of musicians, a family I hoped I could belong to one day....
Every society and religion has rules, for both have moral laws. And the essence of morality consists, as in art, of drawing the line somewhere....
There are many people making a difference. I mean, Dr. King never held an office. Gandhi never held an office. There are people who are archetypes in ...
The proletarian woman fights hand in hand with the man of her class against capitalist society....