Betty Friedan Quotes

Say "no" to the fountain of youth and turn on the fountain of age. - Betty Friedan quote.

Say "no" to the fountain of youth and turn on the fountain of age.
— Betty Friedan The Seattle Post-Intelligencer

To do the work that you are capable of doing is the mark of maturity. - Betty Friedan quote.

To do the work that you are capable of doing is the mark of maturity.
— Betty Friedan The Feminine Mystique

A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination. - Betty Friedan quote.

A girl should not expect special privileges because of her sex but neither should she adjust to prejudice and discrimination.
— Betty Friedan

feminism

I have discovered that there is a crucial difference between society's image of old people and 'us' as we know and feel ourselves to be. - Betty Friedan quote.

I have discovered that there is a crucial difference between society's image of old people and 'us' as we know and feel ourselves to be.
— Betty Friedan The Fountain of Age

Life lived only for oneself does not truly satisfy men or women. There is a hunger in Americans today for larger purposes beyond the self. - Betty Friedan quote.

Life lived only for oneself does not truly satisfy men or women. There is a hunger in Americans today for larger purposes beyond the self.
— Betty Friedan The Second Stage

self-centered satisfaction

Just as darkness is sometimes defined as the absence of light, so age is defined as the absence of youth. Age is assessed not by what it is, but by what it is not. - Betty Friedan quote.

Just as darkness is sometimes defined as the absence of light, so age is defined as the absence of youth.  Age is assessed not by what it is, but by what it is not.
— Betty Friedan The Fountain of Age

age youth & age

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