Both Cleaver and Friedan’s books were described during their time as controversial, of course, for very different reasons. Regardless though, both tackled some serious issues and employed a similar strategy to deal with them. Cleaver and Friedan brought their respective concerns to the forefront of our public consciousness through the written word. In other words, they did so by writing about them. What did Cleaver and Friedan write about? What was the “sickness” that Cleaver argued needed to” be brought out into the open, dealt with and resolved”? According to Friedan, what was the problem that had no name? Lastly, in the contemporary moment are there any issues that you believe need to be brought out to the open, dealt with and resolved?
