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Betty Friedan

“Why should anyone raise an eyebrow because a latter-day Einstein’s wife expects her husband to put aside that lifeless theory of relativity and help her with the work that is supposed to be the essence of life itself: diaper the baby and don’t forge to rinse the soiled diaper in the toilet paper before putting it in the diaper pail, and then wax the kitchen floor.”

Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique
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The Feminine Mystique The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan
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