She thought too that women didn't know what to do with themselves these days which could turn them into harridans. Hardly a female friend she knew wasn't miserable. Either mind dumb with children, or in the married condition married to an earnest toiler, or lonely unmarried in their successful career. J.P. Donleavy
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A harridan is a woman who is constantly complaining about everything that is wrong in her life. All her friends are miserable because they are either wed to the “earnest toiler”, mind dumb with children, or lonely unmarried in their successful career. This quote is a complete satire on the women of the times. Women were considered inferior to men in many ways during this time period, but it didn’t stop them from being treated as equals. Women were able to gain education, be self-supporting and make their own way through life.

Source: The Lady Who Liked Clean Restrooms: The Chronicle Of One Of The Strangest Stories Ever To Be Rumoured About Around New York

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