--- title: "10 Want Quotes By Betty Friedan" description: "10 Want quotes by Betty Friedan. Plus more from Betty Friedan and more Want sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/betty-friedan-3185_academic_i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-situation-where_841261.jpg" --- > [I didn't want to be in a situation where I was broader than the boys, which I was, in the academic world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-situation-where-i-was-broader-than-the-boys/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/betty-friedan-3185_academic_i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-situation-where_841261.jpg) > [I knew one thing. I did not want to be a mommy like mommy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-knew-one-thing-i-did-not-want-to-be-a-mommy-like-mommy/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/681/betty-friedan-3185_knew_i-knew-one-thing-i-did-not-want-to-be-a_2876388.jpg) > [ It was the era that I later analyzed, the "feminine mystique" era, \[when\] "career woman" was a dirty word. And so I… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/it-was-the-era-that-i-later-analyzed-the-feminine-mystique-era-when/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/betty-friedan-3185_career_it-was-the-era-that-i-later-analyzed-the_2655173.jpg) > [I won a really big fellowship to go straight on to get my Ph.D. And I went through agonies of indecision, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-won-a-really-big-fellowship-to-go-straight-on-to-get-my-ph-d-and-i/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/715/betty-friedan-3185_academic_i-won-a-really-big-fellowship-to-go-stra_1651926.jpg) > [We can no longer ignore that voice within women that says: 'I want something more than my husband and my children and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/we-can-no-longer-ignore-that-voice-within-women-that-says-i-want/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/betty-friedan-3185_children_we-can-no-longer-ignore-that-voice-withi_1737731.jpg) > [When one begins to think about it, America depends rather heavily on women's passive dependence, their femininity. Femininity, if one still wants…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/when-one-begins-to-think-about-it-america-depends-rather-heavily-on/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/betty-friedan-3185_america_when-one-begins-to-think-about-it-americ_582824.jpg) > [A woman has got to be able to say, and not feel guilty, 'Who am I, and what do I want out…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/a-woman-has-got-to-be-able-to-say-and-not-feel-guilty-who-am-i-and/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec7/betty-friedan-3185_able_a-woman-has-got-to-be-able-to-say-and-no_1122685.jpg) > [ I just decided that I didn't want to be in the academic world, because it was \[really\] too easy for me at… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-just-decided-that-i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-the-academic-world-because/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abf/betty-friedan-3185_academic_i-just-decided-that-i-didn-t-want-to-be_3070378.jpg) > [Being Jewish, you didn't get into a sorority. So I really was much more outgoing and gregarious. I really didn't want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/being-jewish-you-didn-t-get-into-a-sorority-so-i-really-was-much-more/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9bd/betty-friedan-3185_adolescence_being-jewish-you-didn-t-get-into-a-soror_3016511.jpg) > [I'm against suppression of pornography. If you suppress guns - yes; if you want to suppress poverty - yes. These are the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-m-against-suppression-of-pornography-if-you-suppress-guns-yes-if/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b98/betty-friedan-3185_ads_i-m-against-suppression-of-pornography-i_1052481.jpg) ## Other authors on Want ## More by Betty Friedan > [It is easier to live life through someone else than to become complete yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/it-is-easier-to-live-life-through-someone-else-than-to-become/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [This idea that the employment of women, the movement of women outside the home into the work world, and their demand for equality is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/this-idea-that-the-employment-of-women-the-movement-of-women-outside/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [A good woman is one who loves passionately, has guts, seriousness and passionate convictions, takes responsibility, and shapes society.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/a-good-woman-is-one-who-loves-passionately-has-guts-seriousness-and/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [...women who 'adjust' as housewives, who grow up wanting to be 'just a housewife,' are in as much danger as the millions who walked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/women-who-adjust-as-housewives-who-grow-up-wanting-to-be-just-a/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [You can have it all, just not all at the same time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/you-can-have-it-all-just-not-all-at-the-same-time/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [It is easier to live through someone else than to complete yourself. The freedom to lead and plan your own life is frightening if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/it-is-easier-to-live-through-someone-else-than-to-complete-yourself/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [Protectiveness has often muffled the sound of doors closing against women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/protectiveness-has-often-muffled-the-sound-of-doors-closing-against/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [“The problem is always being the children’s mommy, or the minister’s wife and never being myself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-problem-is-always-being-the-children-s-mommy-or-the-minister-s/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [“The problem lay buried, unspoken, for many years in the minds of American women. It was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-problem-lay-buried-unspoken-for-many-years-in-the-minds-of/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [The man who is extremely and dangerously hungry has no other interest but food. Capacities not useful for the satisfying of hunger are pushed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-man-who-is-extremely-and-dangerously-hungry-has-no-other-interest/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [Who knows what women can be when they are finally free to become themselves? Who knows what women's intelligence will contribute when it can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/who-knows-what-women-can-be-when-they-are-finally-free-to-become/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [If women’s role in life is limited solely to housewife/mother, it clearly ends when she can no longer bear more children and the children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/if-women-s-role-in-life-is-limited-solely-to-housewife-mother-it/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-feminine-mystique-has-succeeded-in-burying-millions-of-american/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [I can't point to any major episodes of sexual discrimination in my early life. But I was so aware of the crime, the shame…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-can-t-point-to-any-major-episodes-of-sexual-discrimination-in-my/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) > [“The feminine mystique, elevated by Freudian theory into a scientific religion, sounded a single, overprotective, life-restricting, future-denying note for women. Girls who grew up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/the-feminine-mystique-elevated-by-freudian-theory-into-a-scientific/) [Betty Friedan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/betty-friedan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/want/betty-friedan/#itemlist", "name": "10 Want Quotes By Betty Friedan", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I didn't want to be in a situation where I was broader than the boys, which I was, in the academic world.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Betty Friedan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/betty-friedan/i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-situation-where-i-was-broader-than-the-boys/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/betty-friedan-3185_academic_i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-situation-where_841261.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/betty-friedan-3185_academic_i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-situation-where_841261.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/betty-friedan-3185_academic_i-didn-t-want-to-be-in-a-situation-where_841261.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I didn't want to be in a situation where I was broader than the boys, which I was, in the academic world.” — Betty Friedan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I knew one thing. 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