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The Feminist Mystique by Betty Friedan discusses the problem of white middle, upper classâminority of lower class didnât suffer from this problem because they already had careers and worked as a means to help provide for their familiesâwomen had during the 1950s and 1960s. During those times, a woman was supposed to be happy and content with just having a husband and family to care for. Nothing more was needed for a woman to be happy. If a woman did feel unhappy, rather searching for what was missing that made her unhappy, society and women themselves blamed themselves for their unhappiness. Many women have criticized and blamed themselves for their own unhappiness because they werenât satisfied with just having a family. They felt guilty for feeling this void and wanting for more out of there life. It wasnât until women came to speak of this issue that they realized that they werenât alone in feeling this void, and it was since they werenât alone that they began to feel that there wasnât anything wrong with them nor their marriages. These women realized that itâs okay to want more out of life than to be a housewife 24/7. Itâs okay to do things for yourself rather than your kids or your husband.
Even though, there are millions of women part of the work force, there still exist these ideals that a woman is meant to stay at home to raise her family and care for her husband. It was through this mindset that women felt that they were wrong to want more in life than just being a mother and wife. There is nothing wrong with women wanting to have some kind of support and financial stability for themselves. I once had an encounter with someone that told me that I belonged in the kitchen, at home, and if I were to ever marry this person then I would never work. Now this may be perfect for some women, but I am not one of them. I have to work. I do not feel comfortable not working, and I must have the ability to provide for myself without a man. There is nothing wrong with one providing some support for their partner, but, as a woman, I wouldnât just be happy being a housewife. Thatâs not me, thatâs not part of who I am as a person. As for the guys that believe women arenât meant to have work or careers of their own, those guys are degrading and ignorant to not face the fact that women have the ability to do all things men canât do and more and that includes succeed (no offense to other guys lacking such a perception).
