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...While Freidan stressed that women should continue the struggle for equality, she warned them against becoming "superwomen"--married women professionals who try to outdo male colleagues who have little or no responsibilities at home...
...Freidan proposed a new set of "demands for the 1980s" to approach the real problems of equality. "Society and every profession it it has got to be restructured in new terms, she added. "There have to be options for both men and women," she said...
...Freidan said she sees a new respect for jobs traditionally held by women, such as nurses and secretaries. This redefinition of women's roles suggests that some men envy rather than fear women, she said. "They're envious that women can have feelings and don't have the burdens that men have," she added...
...Freidan said both men and women must work together to solve the problems of the future. "If we insist on making men the enemy, they will be the enemy," she said...
...still imprisoned by the need for machismo," Freidan said, adding that playing the role of constant supporter has added greater pressures to men's lives...