The Second Stage
by Betty Friedan
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Warning the women's movement against dissolving into factionalism, male-bashing, and preoccupation with sexual and identity politics rather than bottom-line political and economic inequalities, Friedan argues that once past the initial phases of describing and working against political and economic injustices, the women's movement should focus on working with men to remake private and public arrangements that work against full lives with children for women and men both. Friedan's agenda to show more preserve families is far more radical than it appears, for she argues that a truly equitable preservation of marriage and family may require a reorganization of many aspects of conventional middle-class life, from the greater use of flex time and job-sharing, to company-sponsored daycare, to new home designs to permit communal housekeeping and cooking arrangements. show lessTags
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Betty Friedan (1921-2006), a transformational leader of the women's movement, cofounded and was the first president of the National Organization for Women (NOW). She was the author of many important works, including The Second Stage, The Fountain of Age, and Life So Far, which brought to the forefront her stunning cultural critiques.
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- Sexuality and Gender Studies, Nonfiction, Sociology, General Nonfiction, History
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- 305.4 — Society, government, & culture Social sciences, sociology & anthropology Social group - Age, Gender, Ethnicity Women
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- HQ1426 .F847 — Social sciences The family. Marriage, Women and Sexuality The Family. Marriage. Women Women. Feminism
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