Changes In Gender Hierarchies After World War II

After the end of World War II, gender issues became one of the most serious changes in human history. Before World War II ended, male was always the superior species and women were inferior, seen as a housewife and mother and that’s all. When men were off at war, the women had to work and fulfill the men’s job as well as being a mother and completing the house work, but as soon as the men returned from war, the women were sent back to the houses to do the housework and nothing more. Gender inequalities were of the extreme in the past, as women had no power at all, no rights, no say, etc. Male domination was how the world used to function, the men needed to be in control, needed to have power over women, but all that began to change soon after World War II ended. The transformation of gender hierarchies did occur but not without obstacles to overcome and time, it took several years for women to have some control and
The change in gender hierarchies did impact American politics and government policy’s as many rules were changing. The women’s movement took place around the 1960’s and it was the movement campaigning for women’s right and liberation. As women began to become educated and began reading more, they learned more and learned to fight for their rights. Education is power because it informs people of what they are capable of, and that assisted women in fighting for what was theirs. The movement fought for all types of issues that women had to deal with, including sexual harassment, equal pay, etc. In the article, “Women in Politics in Post-transitional Democracies”, Susan Franceschet, discusses women’s participation in political institutions, she states, “The norms of