Authors:
  1. Quotes
  2. Authors
  3. B
  4. Betty Friedan
  5. Diversity

Betty Friedan Quotes about Diversity

All Betty Friedan Quotes Age Aging Children Choices College Discrimination Diversity quotes Divorce Feminism Home Husband Justice Motherhood Opportunity Prejudice Responsibility School Social Justice Wife
Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women.

Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women.

Betty Friedan
Doors, Justice, Diversity
BETTY FRIEDAN (1963). “The Feminine Mystique”

Men weren't really the enemy - they were fellow victims suffering from an outmoded masculine mystique that made them feel unnecessarily inadequate when there were no bears to kill.

Betty Friedan
Women, Diversity, Enemy
"The Christian Science Monitor", April 1, 1974.

Diversity has got to be a part of modern feminism, and I think that my feminism is stronger because its an inclusive thing. I won't be backed into a corner that polarizes me against other women. And I wished they wouldn't be either.

Betty Friedan
Thinking, Diversity, Feminism
"LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Betty Friedan : Beyond the 'Feminine Mystique:' A New Era of Women's Rights". Interview with Robert Scheer, articles.latimes.com. April 26, 1992.

Feminism or the family? Carried to excess maybe. I have insisted that women cannot be defined solely in those terms. But for a great many women - not all, because we are only beginning to realize and affirm the diversity of women themselves - choosing motherhood makes motherhood itself a liberating choice.

Betty Friedan
Motherhood, Diversity, Choices
"LOS ANGELES TIMES INTERVIEW : Betty Friedan : Beyond the 'Feminine Mystique:' A New Era of Women's Rights". Interview with Robert Scheer, articles.latimes.com. April 26, 1992.

You May Also Like: