The Second Stage by Betty Friedan | Book Club

Suggested by: Extra
Pages to read: 329
ISBN: 0671410342 (Originally listed edition & Edition Eugene is using)

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While reading the book, consider the below questions:
•What is the raison d’etre of the book? For what purpose did the author write the book? Why do people read this book?
•What are some limitations of the book?
•What is the first stage?
•What is the second stage?
•What happened to women as they entered the workforce?
•Why is there a clash between work and family?
•Should women go to war?
•What is a superwoman?
•How did feminism handle the emotional needs of women?
•How did the lifespan effect women?
•How was feminism simplified and what is needed to understand the complexity of feminism?
•Are men the enemy?
•How are women harming themselves by perpetuating old dilemmas?
•What happed to tasks that transitioned from women having to participate in to having the option and opportunity?
•What happened when women helped their men with men’s ambitions?
•How do daughters think of their mothers?
•What were women’s unpaid work?
•Who is holding who up?
•What was the psychological state of men when they had female partner that depended on the men? How did men change when the partner was not dependent on them?
•What was the psychological state of women when they were dependent on the man? What happened when the women were not dependent?
•Why is it harder to understand how men changed?
•How were women treated when they took up traditionally male occupations?
•How were men treated when they took up traditionally female occupations?
•Why are men threatened by women’s movement?
•What were women’s West Point experience?
•How did the military respond to the changing role of women?
•What are masculine and feminine styles of leadership?

Your questions are important and will take priority. If you have questions about the book's content or related ideas, either let me know what your questions are or raise them during the discussion.