Bruises Symptoms and Signs. 1  Initially, a fresh bruise may actually be reddish. 2  It will then turn blue or dark purple within a few hours, then yellow or green after a few days as it heals. 3  A bruise is commonly tender and sometimes even painful for the first few days, but the pain usually goes away as the color fades.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Feminine Mystique is a 1963 book by Betty Friedan which is widely credited with sparking the beginning of second-wave feminism in the United States.
First published in England by John Benjamin Brookes, the book was not widely known until it was reprinted by William Dugdale in 1893. This tale of sex and sadism consists largely of a series of letters written by its heroine, Emily Barlow, after being abducted by Moorish pirates and held prisoner in an Algerian harem.