First published in 1981, "The Second Stage "is eerily prescient and
timely, a reminder that much of what is called new thinking in
feminism has been eloquently observed and argued before. Warning
the women's movement against dissolving into factionalism,
male-bashing, and preoccupation with sexual and identity politics
rather than bottom-line political and economic inequalities,
Friedan argues that once past the initial phases of describing and
working against political and economic injustices, the women's
movement should focus on working with men to remake private and
public arrangements that work against full lives with children for
women and men both. Friedan's agenda to preserve families is far
more radical than it appears, for she argues that a truly equitable
preservation of marriage and family may require a reorganization of
many aspects of conventional middle-class life, from the greater
use of flex time and job-sharing, to company-sponsored daycare, to
new home designs to permit communal housekeeping and cooking
arrangements.
Called "utopian" fifteen years ago, when it seemed unbelievable
that women had enough power in the workplace to make effective
demands, or that men would join them, some of these visions are
slowly but steadily coming to pass even now. The problem Friedan
identifies is as real now as it was years ago: "how to live the
equality we fought for," and continue to fight for, with "the
family as new feminist frontier." She writes not only for women's
liberation but for human liberation.
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