{"product_id":"2026200015315-secondhand-the-feminine-mystique","title":"The Feminine Mystique","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished in 1963, The Feminine Mystique ignited a cultural firestorm that would reshape the landscape of American society, giving voice to millions of women who felt trapped by the suffocating post-war ideal of domestic contentment. Betty Friedan chronicles what she calls the problem that has no name — a profound and pervasive dissatisfaction simmering beneath the surface of suburban housewives' lives — drawing on surveys of her former Smith College classmates, psychological research, and incisive cultural criticism to dismantle the myth that a woman's highest fulfillment lay in homemaking and motherhood.\n\nWidely regarded as one of the most influential non-fiction works of the twentieth century, this landmark text argues with formidable clarity that women had been conditioned by advertisers, educators, and popular culture to abandon their intellectual ambitions and personal identities in service of an unattainable domestic ideal. Friedan's prose is both rigorous and impassioned, blending sociological analysis with personal testimony in a way that transforms private frustration into a powerful political statement. Heralded as A Revelation by historian Sheila Rowbotham, this is the book that lit the fuse of second-wave feminism — and its challenge to the status quo remains as urgent and provocative as ever.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49203203244251,"sku":"2026200015315-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/8e96fcd3-b14b-43aa-bad9-c4fc8a20d57a.png?v=1788145587","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200015315-secondhand-the-feminine-mystique","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}