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Friedan mentions the existence of a “male mystique” in the context of her activism against the Vietnam War. Just as women had children to prove their worth, young men were going to war to prove that they were prepared for the challenges of adulthood. Like women, they had consumed an image of masculinity through film and advertising, but this image did not always conform with who these men felt they actually were.
The male “mystique” had created an association between men and violent, aggressive acts that proved their strength—hence, Friedan’s analogy to killing bears. The tools of modern life, like…