Quotes by Friedan, Betty

Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in t >>

The suburban housewife -- she was the dream image of the young America >>

The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of Americ >>

Quotations about Dissatisfaction

No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justi >>

There are three wants which never can be satisfied: that of the rich, >>

No sooner is your ocean filled, than he grumbles that it might have be >>

The problem lay buried, unspoken for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States. Each suburban housewife struggled with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night, she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question: Is this all?

Friedan, Betty