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You Can Show More Of The Reality Of Yourself Instead Of Hiding Behind A Mask For Fear Of Revealing Too Much

Instead Of Fulfilling The Promise Of Infinite Orgasmic Bliss, Sex In The America Of The Feminine Mystique Is Becoming A Strangely Joyless National Compulsion, If Not A Contemptuous Mockery.

What Had Really Caused The Women's Movement Was The Additional Years Of Human Life. At The Turn Of The Century Women's Life Expectancy Was Forty-six; Now It Was Nearly Eighty. Our Groping Sense That We Couldn't Live All Those Years In Terms Of Motherhood Alone Was "the Problem That Had No Name." Realizing That It Was Not Some Freakish Personal Fault But Our Common Problem As Women Had Enabled Us To Take The First Steps To Change Our Lives.

Most Of The People In The Workforce Today Will Spend Some Years When They Also Have Children And Family Responsibilities.

Some People Think I'm Saying, 'women Of The World Unite -- You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Men. It's Not True. You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Vacuum Cleaners.