What Was Betty Friedan Referring to When She Wrote About

question 28

Multiple Choice

What was Betty Friedan referring to when she wrote about "the problem that has no name" in The Feminine Mystique?

• A) Women's growing sexual frustration in the wake of the baby boom
• B) Sharply declining rates of female college attendance following World War II
• C) Female disillusionment with societal restrictions and traditional roles
• D) American society's refusal to acknowledge domestic abuse

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