Reading 'The Feminine Mystique'

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sethstarkaddersmummyreturns · 30/10/2010 12:03

it's bloody terrifying. I am up to the 4th chapter and so far it could almost have been written today.

I think my head is going to explode. Anyone else read it and had their head explode?

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BitOfFunderthepatio · 30/10/2010 13:43

I was dating my first husband- a medical student- and looking at moving to be with him after my degree. Predictably I ended up feeling like I'd wasted my aducation and lost myself a bit. Funnily enough, I remember actually highlighting the portions of text that sounded the claxons. If only I'd listened to Betty

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sethstarkaddersmummyreturns · 30/10/2010 13:20

yes Alice, make sure you wear a good strong hat to read it.

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sethstarkaddersmummyreturns · 30/10/2010 13:19

I skimmed it when I was younger and it made no impression on me whatever - I thought it was just a historical artefact, how things were in the early 60s before feminism, nothing to do with me.

It's the relevance that is freaking me out now.

Like EvilAnts says, what the hell are we going to do so our dds aren't having the same experience in 30 years?

BoF what were you doing when you were 19? I'm thinking you must have been more perceptive/less naive than me at 19!

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AliceWorld · 30/10/2010 13:18

Not read it but will do. Not sure I like the sound of the head thing though!

BitOfFunderthepatio · 30/10/2010 12:09

I read it when I was nineteen and it terrified me then.

EvilAntsAndMiasmas · 30/10/2010 12:08

Read it & head more or less exploded yes.

What the hell are we going to do so that our daughters aren't reading it in 30 years time and thinking the same?

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