Reading this in 2024 hits different. I have had this on my tbr list forever and finally got around to it. Coming into it, I had heard it was outdated but still “important”. But what I was not expecting was how culturally relevant much of it still is. I don’t know if this is a spoiler to say but basically the feminine mystique or “problem that has no name” can be summed up as an identity crisis where women who’s whole identity is centered around other people become depressed because they are not playing a formative role in their own lives. Marrying and having kids young can interrupt one’s personal development when they aren’t encouraged to form an individual identity outside of the home. With the trad wife trend happening now, I felt this was a much more poignant read that after 60 years we still haven’t seemed to fully digest exactly what Betty Friedan was warning us about.