Question

read the passage. then answer the questions that follow.

betty friedan was a strong believer in the rights of women. in 1970, judge g. harold carswell had been proposed for the u.s. supreme court. congress was hearing peoples testimony, or statements, about the nomination. on january 29, 1970, friedan gave her testimony. the following is part of what friedan said before congress.

excerpt from the testimony of betty friedan

1 i am betty friedan and i am a writer. i wrote a book called the feminine mystique, and i am here to testify before this committee to oppose judge carswells appointment as supreme court justice on the basis of his proven insensitivity to the problems of 51 percent of u.s. citizens who are women, and especially his explicit discrimination in a circuit court decision in 1969 against working mothers.
2 i speak in my capacity as national president of the national organization for women (now), which has led the exploding new movement in this country for \full equality for women in truly equal partnership with men,\ and which was organized in 1966 to take action to break through discrimination against women in employment, in education, in government, and in all fields of american life.
3 on october 13, 1969, . . . judge carswell was party to a most unusual judiciary action which would permit employers in defiance of the law of the land . . . to refuse to hire women who have children.
4 the case involved mrs. ida phillips, who was refused employment by a corporation as an aircraft assembler trainee, because she has preschool age children, although the company said it would hire a man with preschool age children.
5 this case was considered a clear-cut violation of the law which forbids job discrimination on grounds of sex as well as race. the equal employment opportunity commission . . . filed an amicus brief on behalf of mrs. phillips. an earlier opinion of the fifth circuit . . . upholding the company was considered by chief judge john brown such a clear violation of the civil rights act that he vacated the opinion\ and asked to convene\ the full court to consider the case.
6 judge carswell voted to deny a rehearing of the case, an action which, in effect, would permit employers in the united states today to fire 4 million working mothers who have children under 6. these mothers comprise 38 percent of the nearly 11 million mothers in the labor force today.
7 judge carswell said yesterday in answer to a senators question--i was here in the room--that he understood full well--it was not a pro forma matter?--that he understood full well the effect of his ruling here.
8 now, in his dissent to this ruling judge carswell with others claimed no sex discrimination was involved. chief judge brown said:
the case is simple. a woman with preschool children may not be employed; a man with preschool children may. the distinguishing factor seems to be motherhood versus fatherhood. the question then arises: is this sex-related? to the simple query, the answer is just as simple: nobody--and this includes judges.----has yet seen a male mother. a mother, to oversimplify the simplest biology, must then be a woman.
9 it is the fact of a person being a mother--i.e., a woman--not the age of the children, which denies employment opportunity to a woman which is open to men.

select the statement that best describes how betty friedan felt about chief judge browns dissent.
○ she agreed with the logic and said it proved the ruling showed prejudice against women.
○ she disproved the dissenting view and presented reasons for her argument.
○ she agreed, saying that it was true that only women can be mothers.
○ she knew the point had merit but wanted more evidence of violation of the law of the land.

Explanation:

Betty Friedan's testimony opposes Judge Carswell, citing his role in a ruling that allowed employment discrimination against women with preschool children. Chief Judge Brown's dissent argues the discrimination is based on motherhood (a biological fact of being a woman), not sex. Friedan's core argument is that this is sex-based discrimination violating civil rights law. She would disagree with Brown's framing, as she presents evidence that this is a clear violation of anti-sex-discrimination laws, countering the dissent's view.

Answer:

She disproved the dissenting view and presented reasons for her argument.