Professor James is wearing a Betty Crocker
apron, brandishing a broom, lecturing on the
general unhappiness of women in our society.
He says television and movies, newspapers
and magazines, schools and even our
parents are manipulating us into thinking
housewife is synonymous with occupation.
He says women are victims of a false belief
system that expects us to find meaning in our
lives through our husbands and raising children.
“Housework can be done by any 8-year-old,”
he says, trading the broom for a paperback,
The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan.
“Who would like to borrow it?”
I raise my hand.