Betty Friedan, a feminist writer, wrote a book called “The Feminine Mystique”. What was its overall message?

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The overall message of "The Feminine Mystique" is that women were unhappy and unfulfilled in their traditional roles as housewives and mothers, and that they needed to seek fulfillment outside of these roles in order to truly realize their potential and achieve equality with men. Friedan argued that society's expectations for women to prioritize their families and homemaking over their own personal and professional goals were limiting, and she encouraged women to challenge these expectations and pursue their own ambitions. The book is considered a key text in the feminist movement of the 1960s and 1970s.