When analyzing the feminine mystique, what did you decide the feminine mystique actually is?
the belief that women are the stronger gender
the view that women need to be protected
the belief that the only role women should have is as a wife and mother in the home
the idea that women cannot have it all and work outside the home and still have a family

The belief that the only role women should have is as a wife and mother in the home.

The Feminine Mystique is a book by Betty Friedan, published in 1963. She refers to the idea that women should be completely fulfilled by being wives and mothers the "feminine mystique." Friedan argues that women throughout the 1950s and 1960s were dissatisfied, and that they felt that there was something else they wanted to do with their life. However, this problem was considered a personal one, and not one of social proportions.

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