There Is Absolutely No Evidence That It

If You Were Very Bright And You Became Head Of A Department, As I Did, Of The Psychology Department, You Were Encouraged To Go On To Graduate Work. But As A Women You Didn't Even Think About Discrimination.

There Is Absolutely No Evidence That It Is Harmful To Children If Their Mother's Health, Well-being And Autonomy And Control Of Her Own Destiny Is Maximized By Work Outside The Home.

Each Suburban Wife Struggles 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?

The Key To The Trap Is, Of Course, Education. The Feminine Mystique Has Made Higher Education For Women Seem Suspect, Unnecessary And Even Dangerous. But I Think That Education, And Only Education, Has Saved, And Can Continue To Save, American Women From The Greater Dangers Of The Feminine Mystique.

Chosen Motherhood Is The Real Liberation. The Choice To Have A Child Makes The Whole Experience Of Motherhood Different, And The Choice To Be Generative In Other Ways Can At Last Be Made, And Is Being Made By Many Women Now, Without Guilt.