But if... the fundamental human drive is not the urge for pleasure or the satisfaction of biological needs, but the need to grow and to realize one's full potential, [American housewives'] comfortable, empty, purposeless days are indeed cause for a nameless terror. #BettyFriedan

- August 24, 2023

But if... the fundamental human drive is not the urge for pleasure or the satisfaction of biological needs, but the need to grow and to realize one's full potential, [American housewives'] comfortable, empty, purposeless days are indeed cause for a nameless terror. #BettyFriedan
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But if... the fundamental human drive is not the urge for pleasure or the satisfaction of biological needs, but the need to grow and to realize one's full potential, [American housewives'] comfortable, empty, purposeless days are indeed cause for a nameless terror. #BettyFriedan

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