The Feminine Mystique

The Feminine Mystique

Introduction

In the past years the role of women was restricted to staying at home as housewives looking after their children, cooking for their husbands and being involved in other numerous household chores. Women have been considered as weaker vessels than men and hence have not been granted an equal position in the society; they were believed to be born to serve men. It is important for women to maintain a fit between her professional and personal life. She has all the right to enhance and build her career but she has also been delegated the responsibility of ...