From professional sports to children’s toys‚ women are portrayed as the weaker sex. The media and pop culture has allowed this to happen. Women are shown as dumb‚ beautiful‚ and totally dependent. Although women are shown like this‚ most women in the real world are intelligent‚ nice‚ independent‚ and not as beautiful as a supermodel. Women have fought long and hard to get rid of the demeaning connotations that go along with being female; yet‚ being female in today’s world means that you are not as
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decision to drop the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki. d. Identify Roosevelt‚ Stalin‚ Churchill‚ Hirohito‚ Truman‚ Mussolini‚ and Hitler. e. Describe the effects of rationing and the changing role of women and African-Americans; include “Rosie the Riveter” and the Tuskegee Airmen.
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to fight the war‚ however‚ women were able to fill jobs that were now vacant. Women were soon found commonly in industrial positions‚ as searchlight workers‚ and nurses in the military. One important political figure during World War II was Rosie the Riveter‚ who was portrayed as a buff-looking woman who represented female factory workers during this time period. This was an important figure for the United States because it convinced women to apply for jobs that were previously considered “man’s
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The movie Pleasantville was a commentary on the ideas of the 1950s. Throughout the movie‚ there are many parallels between the two. The Fifties were a time of normalcy and the desire to keep things they way they were. During the movie‚ the changes Bud/David and Mary Sue/Jennifer bring about are met with strong opposition. After the town rebels against the “Coloreds”‚ Betty Parker is almost raped because she was different from the rest of the town. The movie also touches on the gender roles of the
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940’shttp://kclibrary.lonestar.edu/decade40.html The 1940’s were dominated by World War II. European artists and intellectuals fled to the United States from Hitler and the Holocaust‚ bringing new ideas created in disillusionment. War production pulled us out of the Great Depression. Women were needed to replace men who had gone off to war‚ and so the first great exodus of women from the home to the workplace began. Rationing affected the food we ate‚ the clothes we wore‚ the toys with which children
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Women in the Workforce A woman in today’s society has many roles. She is a daughter‚ a sister‚ a wife‚ a mother‚ a cook‚ a caretaker‚ and much more. Within the past century‚ however‚ her role has been altered and added to. She is now‚ also‚ a worker. Some women are even the main source of income in their households. To those of us who have been raised in late 20th century‚ this occurrence doesn’t seem unusual. Most of our mothers have had jobs. We have seen or heard of many successful businesswomen
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of sex that was in place‚ with women working at home and raising a family‚ no longer was beneficial to society‚ because industry was becoming crippled due to lack of workers and an increased demand for products. This sparked the short-lived “Rosie the Riveter” movement‚ where women were allowed to work in factories in large numbers‚ doing work normally deemed too dangerous for their sex. This is perhaps the most drastic example of social structure being overthrown for the benefit of change and demand
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shown teaching the women how to do their jobs but splitting them into multiple jobs because ‘one woman could not do it alone’. These stereotypes were greatly shot down when Norman Rockwell’s artwork of “Rosie the Riveter” was displayed on the Memorial Day edition of The Saturday Evening Post in 1934. Rosie showed that women could do it all with her rivet gun across her lap and her working overalls and loafers. Her red curly hair gave her a sense of daringness. Standing on Hitler’s book as if she was not
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Reminiscent of Dada – found object and happenings Claes Oldenburg “The Street” & “The Store” 1961 located at the Ray Gun Theater What part is nature? What part is new? Found object A “street” and “store front” in a new venue He is not creating‚ these are things are found and are to be viewed as art because of how they are paired. Cardboard burnt and disheveled. Demonstrating a store front‚ view from street. No single focus. Similar to happening dada preformances. Probably still
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Well... we’re going through the WWII section of our US History class right now... and‚ well... our text book says that the American economy was coming out of the Depression at that time. Switching factories’ equipment to make wartime things‚ such as uniforms‚ tanks‚ ships‚ planes‚ and ammunition‚ helped to boost the economy. Women worked in manufacturing while the men were gone‚ and minorities gained many rights‚ or at least brought their issues to the surface. People at home were encouraged to
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