Read the excerpt from Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique.

So the door of all those pretty suburban houses opened a crack to permit a

American housewives who suffered alone from a problem that suddenly eve

take for granted, as one of those unreal problems in American life that can

1962 the plight of the trapped American housewife had become a national pa

Which key terms from the excerpt most support the theme that women can feel:

suffered, plight, trapped

uncounted, alone, unreal

suburban, housewives, solved

thousands, American, national

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Jewel Mendoza

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1 April, 06:06

Read the excerpt from Betty Friedan's The Feminine Mystique.

So the door of all those pretty suburban houses opened a crack to permit a

American housewives who suffered alone from a problem that suddenly eve

take for granted, as one of those unreal problems in American life that can

1962 the plight of the trapped American housewife had become a national pa

Which key terms from the excerpt most support the theme that women can feel:

suffered, plight, trapped

uncounted, alone, unreal

suburban, housewives, solved

thousands, American, national

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Amiya Patterson · Answer 1

The key terms from the excerpt which supports the theme that women can feel suffocated by societal expectations are: suffered, plight, trapped.

Option A.

Explanation:

'The Feminine Mystique' is an iconic and groundbreaking book by Betty Friedan that totally changed the way woman saw herself. The following excerpt provides us the details of American women (housewives in general) and how society's expectations ruined their life. Words such as 'suffered, plight, and trapped' are enough to let us know the suffocation felt by women due to societal expectations. These terms portrays the despair of every American women post World War ll.