Introduction by Gail Collins Preface and acknowledgments The problem that has no name The happy housewife heroine The crisis in woman's identity The passionate journey The sexual solipsism of sigmund freud The functional freeze, the feminine protest, and margaret mead The sex-directed educators The mistaken choice The sexual sell Housewifery expands to fill the time available The sex-seekers Progressive dehumanization : the comfortable concentration camp The forfeited self A new life plan for women Epilogue Afterword by anna quindlen Thinking back and to the future Metamorphosis : two generations later Introduction to the tenth anniversary edition Notes Index Reading group guide