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We have control over nature in a huge extent. Humans have so much control over other things too, we have such a huge knowledge. But most of the time we take what we have for granted in nature, some people don't appreciate the beauty of it. I do feel obligated to do my part and protect the environment/refrain from causing damage or to at least make a small change.
Explanation:
The answer is placed. She carefully placed her invention <u>on the counter</u>.
As The Feminine Mystique is a purely feminist book, is pretty easy to think that Friedan is giving us a feminist view on the way women were seen in the sixties. Feminism intention is to find equality among sexes and what Friedan does in this extract, is to show the key terms releated to feminism: "suburban wife", "dream image", "freed by science and labor", "healthy, beautiful, educated, concerned about her husband and children".