Read the excerpt from betty friedan’s the feminine mystique. a mother of four who left college at nineteen to get married told me: “i’ve tried everything women are supposed to do—hobbies, gardening, pickling, canning, being very social with my neighbors, joining committees, running pta teas. i can do it all, and i like it, but it doesn’t leave you anything to think about—any feeling of who you are. . i’m a server of food and a putter-on of pants and a bedmaker, somebody who can be called on when you want something. but who am i? ” the underlined words and phrases in the excerpt most contribute to a tone of contentment. mystery. neutrality. desperation.