The problem Betty Friedan exposes in the text is the widespread chronic feeling of dissatisfaction that was experienced by American women during the 1950s following the Second World War. Betty asserts, “it was a strange stirring, a sense of dissatisfaction, a yearning that women suffered in the middle of the twentieth century in the United States” (Friedan 476). The author points out that the women were unsatisfied with how they lived as society assumed that these women only found fulfillment in their domestic work, marriages, and caring for their children. The problem is the fact that these women were unhappy and dissatisfied because they were barred from living up to their full capacities. Notably, women of that time were supposed to be mothers, wives, and caregivers. A happy woman was the one engaging in domestic roles. On the contrary, women who sought to pursue a career or work outside their households were considered unhappy, unfeminine, and unfulfilled. A great percentage of women have fallen victim to the problem because of the traditional societal roles that make women household workers. As demonstrated by Friedan, the roles of women in the mid-20^th century were limited to being wives and mothers. Interestingly, women who sought to have a career were pitied and critiqued. According to Friedan, “women were taught to pity the neurotic, unfeminine, unhappy women who wanted to be poets, physicists, or presidents. True feminine women did not want careers, higher education, political rights, independence, and opportunities the old-fashioned feminist fought for” (Friedan 476). Thus, so many women suffered from the problem as the majority of them were traditional feminine women who believed in the traditional roles of mothers and wives only.

The revelation of the problem leads to women’s rebellion by making women woke and enlightened on what they are missing out on by being confined to traditional domestic roles. In addition, by knowing why so many women are suffering from a sense of dissatisfaction, women will be inclined to start questioning their assigned traditional roles hence leading to them rebelling against the societal roles placed upon them. For example, in the film, women are motivated to rebel because of discrimination, like in workplaces. They are enlightened that they are paid low wages and are overworking while they do not have any opportunity for getting advancements anywhere (Código Rojo1917 00:06:23). Fundamentally, the women’s movements are rebellions because of discrimination and the unequal opportunities women received when compared to their male counterparts. Following the revelation of the problem, women have rebelled and fought for more opportunities to grow personally, have equal rights, and demand to be acknowledged beyond their traditional domestic chores.

Despite the fight for women’s rights, some activists have argued against the liberation. For instance, Schlafly speaks against the women liberators in support of women’s roles as nurturers and wives and the family being  an essential social structuret. She asserts, “women’s libbers do not speak for the majority of American women. American women do not want to be liberated from husbands and children. We do not want to trade our birthright for the mess of pottage called the Equal Rights Amendment” (Schlafly 489). Schlafly holds that traditional women’s roles play a pivotal role in enhancing the stability of a family and society. To her, women are natural mothers, wives, and nurturers, whereby these roles bring fulfillment to them. On the contrary, Schlafly opposes the idea that women would find fulfillment in careers or independence, claiming that such endeavors were a threat to the traditional family structure and social norms.