It can be inferred from the passage that which of the following is a factor in the explanation of why The Feminine Mystique was received more positively in the United States than was The Second Sex? A. By 1963 political conditions in the United States had changed. B. Friedan's approach to the issue of women's emancipation was less radical than Beauvoir's. C. Readers did not recognize the powerful influence of Beauvoir's book on Friedan's ideas.