practice and theorizing of international relations” –Cynthia Enloe In times of armed conflict‚ women are most susceptible to violence and silencing through the sexualization‚ dehumanization‚ and stigmatization of their identities. Janie Leatherman highlights this point when stating “gender based violence often intensifies and becomes more extreme in a crisis‚ even escalating into a tool of war “ (4). This is inevitable in a patriarchal society where hegemonic masculine values construct gender
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War is defined as an open and declared hostile conflict between state’s or nations . In certain circumstances‚ these conflicts can be as small as an argument or as large as a world battle. History shows that the world has experienced its fair share of wars and it also shows that with war comes horrific complications. World War One(WWI) and World War Two(WWII) have had a great impact on the course of history with many hardships to include economic strain‚ loss of territory ‚ and most importantly the
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People in this world have been creating‚ inventing‚ and advancing since the beginning of time. Examples of this would be the way humans have created new medicines‚ treatments‚ and vaccines that prevent or treat disease. Not all advancements have to do with medicine though‚ many ways that the human race has moved forward into a more modern age would be the way they have used their knowledge to create new weaponry such as guns‚ bombs‚ and airplanes. As well as technology such as sonars and radars.
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my investigation‚ I chose‚ women during and after World War One‚ as my area of focus‚ specifically their economic‚ social and political status. I asked myself why this area interested me and realized that I was also interested in how this affected future wars and/or life today. Through further initial research‚ I became interested in the way that women’s roles in society changed during and after World War One. The specific change that I chose to focus on was how women had to take on the men’s jobs
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assigning a fault to just one country for World War One. The start of the war was in 1914‚ but there was no set date to when the nations to irritate one another. Some say that the feud started at the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria‚ the heir to the Austria-Hungary throne. Others believe that Russia had started the war by dragging in Britain‚ Germany‚ and France when mobilizing on their border. One way or another‚ the Germans were a major factor World War One and should get responsibility
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for national defense‚ protection of colonial and trading interests and deter threats/rivals. Many may consider it considered the sole cause of the First World War‚ however militarism alone could not have caused the Great War. Instead‚ the alliance systems was the main cause of WWI‚ however the atmosphere that militarism produced made the Great War seem like an appropriate response. A common misconception is that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand‚ was the cause of WWI‚ however it was merely
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Women made up 49.83% of the nation’s 132 million jobs in June of 2009; for the first time in American history‚ “Women are on the verge of outnumbering men in the workforce for the first time‚ a historic reversal caused by long-term changes in women’s roles and massive job losses for men during this recession” (Cauchon). Just as the current recession has impacted the way that women exist in the workforce‚ so too did past national events influence women’s roles in the workplace. In the early twentieth
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Canada’s Independence Following World War One Without the tragedies that occurred during World War One‚ Canada would not be the nation it is today. Following WW1‚ Canada was considered a major part of many of the battles especially Vimy Ridge‚ gaining Canada international respect. With that respect‚ strong bonds were established between Canada and the influential countries at that time. With this new gained confidence‚ Canada questioned the hold Britain still had on them‚ and decided it was time
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Indirect causes of WW1.notebook February 10‚ 2012 World War One: 1914‐1918 World War One was known as "The Great War" Causes of World War One Direct Cause (immediate): ‐specific event and/or series of events that led to the outbreak of fighting Direct Cause of World War One: Indirect Cause (long range) ‐developments‚ events‚ etc. that occur over a longer period of time that create the conditions in which war is possible ‐Indirect Causes of World War One: Feb 38:06 AM 1) Alliances ‐alliance:
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World War 1 was the most devastating war mankind had experienced to that point. Hundreds of thousands fought and died for somewhat unclear causes. Historians claim that there were four main causes of such a devastating war. Militarism‚ Alliances‚ Imperialism‚ and Nationalism all contributed to the cause of a global human catastrophe. To further explain these four causes‚ Militarism is the desire of the government or the people that a country should maintain a strong military capability. Military
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