Gohar Blog # 12
1. To what extent did World War II challenge gender stereotypes for women? To what extent did it reinforce them?
The women’s gender stereotypes challenged throughout the war from start to the end. During the war most of the men left work and participated to the war. Because of that very high demand for workers appeared in the manufactories and all over the workplaces. Women with kind of new energy come to the work and they had shown the world that they could do the jobs even some times better than men and support their country. Women participated to the all kinds of easy and hard jobs such as welders, mechanics and even military. The Women’s Army Corps and Women’s Air force Service Pilots were recruited. They could not fight directly but they showed ability to stand for their country as well as men. Their gender stereotypes were reinforced in some ways included nurses, clerks, and telephone operators.
2. What were the most long-lasting results of WWII for women and their families?
The most long-lasting results of war were the ability to continue the life for people and work for manufactories because of women participation. WWII showed that women are valid contributors for the United State of America’s economy, industry and more important family life. During the war when many men were fighting for their country, many women fill their place and kept the economy in roll. Also large demand and participant of women were the new beginning for them to show their ability to manage any job and make the employers to think about new sources of employees.
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3. The article is about women’s work opportunities. According to the article there are not limited for their work during World War II. During war men were in the war and most manufactories work most be done by women. That was the best situation for women to show their ability and proofed how strong and smart they were.
4. This article does not have special audience. Everybody could be the audience of this article, but because of war situation I believed the main audience could be men. The men during the war wanted to know what happened for their job and workplace. The article showed women’s femininity just taken away temporary.
5. The work condition was not good enough for women. They did not enjoy working in kind of unsure and unclear situation. Because of war they must work very hard and they did not get the same pay as men did. Also they knew after the war most of them must quit the job and go back to home and do their routine duties.
6. In different ways, does the article suggest that the women retain their femininity during their outside work? They should do all home chores such as cooking, cleaning, shopping, and doing their personal needs. In general some of them did not enjoy working because they knew that period are temporary and they have to go back home as soon as war over.
7. According to the article when the war is over, some of the employed women will keep their job. Some of them will quit the job and get married. The most important experiences that the women got during the war, was the independency and freedom of working condition. They most of them will continue to work and try for better opportunities.
2 comments:
Bran’D R #1
Gohar, I agree that the war gave way to more work opportunities for women. As you mentioned, it allowed women to perform the same tasks alongside men without worrying too much about inequality. This article not only is for men, but also allows other women to read into the lives of these four women while working at the Glenn Martin aircraft-assembly line. And to some extent, I agree that working temporarily took away from the feminine nature of women. Although working conditions were seemingly hard, I found that women did enjoy their time in the working industry because they were able to increase their wages, therefore motivating them to work harder. I also find that during this period of manual labor, women did not necessarily break from their traditional roles since they still needed to maintain the household (as mentioned in the book). In regards to maintaining their femininity in the work setting, I found that they did that through the use of nail polish. This allowed their hands, which were strenuously used, to at least appear decent and gives them a reason to keep their hands looking well cared for. Also, I agree that there’s no doubt that this article reflects the independent nature of women during their work experience.
R # 2 Anahit
Brand I read your response and agree with you. Women’s role was not easy during World War II. They were working at home and at factories doing men’s jobs. They were very actively helping Uncle Sam to win Nazis. At the same time women during World War II kept their femininity: they have their nails done, they were cooking and washing right after every meal. Woman one more time showed how strong and powerful can she be. She proved that without her support they could not win because they worked for victory. Also women got her independence and kept it forever.
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