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Bruno Bettleheim's View on Women's Aspirations
Naomi Weisstein used statements from prominent psychologists of the 1960s to exemplify the cultural biases she critiqued. One such example was a quote from Bruno Bettleheim, who asserted that women's primary desire is to be 'womanly companions of men and to be mothers,' placing these roles above ambitions to become scientists or engineers.
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Bruno Bettleheim's View on Women's Aspirations
A prominent psychologist in the 1960s stated, 'We must start with the realization that, as much as women want to be good scientists or engineers, they want first and foremost to be womanly companions of men and to be mothers.' According to a landmark 1968 critique that helped launch a new perspective within the field, what is the most significant scientific flaw in this type of assertion?