Betty Friedan

Question 1

key ideas

Answer 1

1. legal equality: women and men are of equal worth and are equally capable, and oppressive laws and social views must be rejected
2. equal opportunity: women are restricted in their choices and opportunities by social conditioning through the family and agencies such as the education system and the mass media

Question 2

the state

Answer 2

• legislation and official regulations should criminalise discrimination. this will prevent women from having their freedoms ‘harmed’ by others
• legal change is the only realistic way to make progress; confrontation is counter-productive
• legal equality represents a modern form of the longstanding liberal belief in tolerance, as advocated by social liberalism

Question 3

society

Answer 3

conditioning emphasises unfulfilling domestic roles rather than careers. more extensive opportunitues and a shift in social attitudes is needed

Question 4

the state

Answer 4

legal measures will secure greater equality of opportunity for females and enable women to compete with men on equal terms