Based on Friedans word choice which best describes the tone of the excerpt
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"For human suffering there is a reason; perhaps the reason has not been found because the right questions have not been asked, or pressed far enough. I do not accept the answer that there is no problem because American women have luxuries that women in other times and lands never dreamed of; part of the strange newness of the problem is that it cannot be understood in terms of the age-old material problems of man: poverty, sickness, hunger, cold. The women who suffer this problem have a hunger that food cannot fill".
Based on Friedan's word choice which best describes the tone of the excerpt
a) hostile
b) pleasant
c) passionate
d) accusatory
Passionate
Explanation:
- Betty Friedan, an American feminist activist and writer, was a leading figure in the women's movement in the US. In her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique describes the pervasive discontent amongst women in conventional American society in the post-World War II period.
- She coined the word feminine mystique as defining the social belief that women would satisfy themselves by housework, marriage, sexual passiveness and child raising. Therefore, prevalent beliefs suggest that "truly feminine" women do not desire to get a college degree, to have a job or to have a political presence.
Answer:
Explanation:
"For human suffering there is a reason; perhaps the reason has not been found because the right questions have not been asked, or pressed far enough. I do not accept the answer that there is no problem because American women have luxuries that women in other times and lands never dreamed of; part of the strange newness of the problem is that it cannot be understood in terms of the age-old material problems of man: poverty, sickness, hunger, cold. The women who suffer this problem have a hunger that food cannot fill".
Based on Friedan's word choice which best describes the tone of the excerpt
a) hostile
b) pleasant
c) passionate
d) accusatory
Passionate
Explanation:
Betty Friedan, an American feminist activist and writer, was a leading figure in the women's movement in the US. In her 1963 book The Feminine Mystique describes the pervasive discontent amongst women in conventional American society in the post-World War II period.
She coined the word feminine mystique as defining the social belief that women would satisfy themselves by housework, marriage, sexual passiveness and child raising. Therefore, prevalent beliefs suggest that "truly feminine" women do not desire to get a college degree, to have a job or to have a political presence.