Question

Many women reacted to The Feminine Mystique by feeling empowered to seek social and economic equality. hopeless about the obstacles that stood in their way. more content in their traditional cultural roles. powerless to do anything to better their situation.

Answer 1

The correct answer is A. By feeling empowered to seek social and economic equality

Explanation:

The Feminine Mystique was a book written by Betty Friedan, who was an American feminist and activist, published in 1963 and connected to the second wave feminist in the U.S. This book is based on a series of interviews the author carried out with housewives, showing the fulfillment of women was not achieved as housewives and mothers. This caused many middle-class women to change their opinion about their role as mothers and housewives and thus, many women joined the feminist movement, that aimed at achieving equality in rights, political participation, payments, and others among women and men and attack domestic violence, and violence against women. Thus, women reacted to The Feminine Mystique by feeling empowered and joined the feminist movement to seek social and economic equality.

Answer 2

Many women reacted to The Feminine Mystique by feeling "empowered to seek social and economic equality" This was considered one of the most influential feminist books of all time.