Each suburban wife struggles with it alone. As she made the beds, shopped for groceries, matched slipcover material, ate peanut butter sandwiches with her children, chauffeured Cub Scouts and Brownies, lay beside her husband at night- she was afraid to ask even of herself the silent question-- 'Is this all? Betty Friedan
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In the quote, the suburban wife is asking herself whether or not she is truly happy. She feels insignificant and inadequate because of the daily tasks that she is expected to do. She felt that she was a housewife and all that it entailed, but she also felt that her life was boring and unfulfilling. And, this caused her to ask herself if her life was really worth living because it just didn’t seem to have any meaning.

Source: The Feminine Mystique

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