Betty Friedan was a young activist and journalist, she cared for the people around her more than herself. She was also a housewife and a mother. She was who other women wanted to be and she had everything. 1959 during a gathering most women realized that they had an issue, they have been taking care of people around them and no one was doing much for them. They say bye to their husband’s then go on about doing their own thing, they realized how lonely they were. They could only think of themselves as just housewives and not really a wife, it was almost like a job they did not ask for or like at all. Books or anything written about women saw them as just mother and women who just do chores. Imagine getting married to the person you love, and they do not appreciate you or don’t even take the time to help. They were only thought to do certain tasks in their homes. Women were seen as fragile and lesser then men that was why the men where the ones who would go out and the women will be home all day. Today we are fighting for equality, letting everyone know that women do not belong at home, they also belong in offices, they can also study engineering. All those things are not gendered and should be for everyone to do and enjoy. 

The Feminine Mystique was published in 1963 by Betty Friedan, no matter how long it has been it has affected people and made others aware of the problem women had back then. it explains how feminist wanted to make themselves more fulfilled, trying to raise children. All they really wanted was to have careers and good education, it was not something they could easily speak about outside. Women were given a job they should not be doing alone and making them feel like the work men do is more important and that is why they do not need to help. There is no reason why it should be a problem for both men and women to do house, it seems fair. Media has shown women to be cleaning the house or cooking when the man is at work, it should not be like that. Young viewers will begin to grow up and think they can’t do chores or even believe that their sisters should be the only one to do so. There are also times when sisters do more because they are girls, parents call the girl and not her brother. That should stop because it becomes a problem from there. If a man tries to argue about doing the same amount of housework, he probably does not care at all and did not appreciate when the wife was doing it. It is difficult when you try to do go with the role that society has given women and when they refuse it becomes a problem. Society has made it a task for women to be home and men to be outside.