Read the excerpt from Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique.For human suffering there is a reason; perhaps the reason has not been found because the right questions have not been asked, or pressed far enough. I do not accept the answer that there is no problem because American women have luxuries that women in other times and lands never dreamed of; part of the strange newness of the problem is that it cannot be understood in terms of the age-old material problems of man: poverty, sickness, hunger, cold. The women who suffer this problem have a hunger that food cannot fill.Based on Friedan’s word choice, which best describes the tone of the excerpt?
Friedan uses emotionally charged words such as “suffering” and describes women as having “a hunger that food cannot fill.” Her firm statement, “I do not accept,” also shows strong feeling and commitment to challenging the issue. The tone is therefore passionate, not accusatory, because she emphasizes the seriousness of women’s experience without directly blaming someone.
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