Talk:The Feminine Mystique
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'The claim The Feminine Mystique is even remotely plagiarism of The Second Sex is made by somebody who never read either book, let alone both.The two books aren't even remotely similar.
I agree, the plagiarism claim is weird and comes at the end of a block of negative commentary. It's not neessary to repeat this claim and I will remove it. 7infinity 18:25, 6 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Controversies"
I think the section referencing bell hooks is poorly presented. bell hooks is one voice of many in the controversy about whether Friedan's work addresses race and class accurately (or at all.) There were a handful of critiques of Friedan's ideas (e.g., race, class, more "personal" aspects of feminism,) and hooks is just one critic. What might work better here is to discuss second- and third- wave feminism, specifically address race issues, class issues, and varying social ideas about the role of women in life and work, and add the names of a number of critics and supporters of Friedan's ideas, not just hooks.
- It could probably be more detailed, yes. My own complaint is about the (current) second paragraph - "Historian Daniel Horowitz has argued that the origin..." - is completely out of place. How is that a criticism of "The Feminist Mystique"? It might make the cut as a criticism of Betty Friedan's person, but it's definitely not a criticism of the book. I am removing it. If whoever added it would like to add it back again, please give your rationale here. --chainedwind —Preceding unsigned comment added by 59.126.248.134 (talk) 06:03, August 28, 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Cheerless Fantasies
I did a web search for this site (mentioned at the end of the article) because I had trouble understanding how credible it was. The only mentions of it are on Wikipedia or on anti-feminist sites. I think it's important to give some sense of who raises these "questions" about Friedan's work in the article, and as to whether these are anti-feminist activists, serious academics, or both. Would it be appropriate to just remove the paragraph, or mention that it's a web site that (unlike Friedan's book itself) has not been peer-reviewed or critiqued thoroughly? Catamorphism 03:50, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
- I rather agree. Wikipedia is supposed to be an encyclopedia, yes? Chainedwind 00:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Edit for Linkage?
Should/could this page be linked the the femininst movement in general? Also, there are definte capitalization errors towards the bottom of this article. -T
