Roman women in ancient times, though discriminated against on ground of gender but was seen as the most liberated in the world of that time. When looking at the sources for ancient roman women many questions are asked and considered, such as, what was the role of roman women in their society? Were they considered citizens who had personal freedoms, or were given no or little education? Were there roles really important to society? Whenever we go through the records of roman women's status in society there is always a great consternation.
For many of the women the war was ‘a genuinely liberating experience’ (first world war, accessed 07/01/09), and made the women feel useful as citizens. Also for some women it gave them the freedom that only men had enjoyed so far and ‘offered escape from jobs of badly paid drudgery’ (war and gender, accessed 22/01/09). In one women’s words it was said to be like ‘being let out of a cage’ (war and gender, accessed 22/01/09). The fact that it offered women freedom gives the impression that World War One did have a positive effect on the role of women. In support of the World War One having a positive effect on the women’s role.
Cofer also talks a little about how the movies portray Puerto Rican and Latin Woman. It’s the main reason why we Americans automatically stereotype Puerto Rican and Latin women; it’s all we have seen, in the movies, so we don’t really know what the Puerto Rican or Latin culture is really like. The other main point Cofer makes is that even though she had a hard time when she was growing up she still became successful and that any one can do the same. We just have to turn all the negative into a positive and keep on living. I liked this article and I strongly agree with it.
The film Thelma & Louise not only showed the liberation of women in an owned-by-men society but it also changed the traditional patriarchal form of the cinema. First, Thelma & Louise portrayed the transformation of women in a society dominated by men. On the film, both women acquire more personality and strength as they face different scenarios. On one hand, Thelma that was used to be very fragile, man-dependent, and docile becomes stronger and with even more character than Louise. An example of this is the scene right after Thelma and Louise go back to the hotel and Louise realizes that J.D.
WWII represented a great change socially, technically, economically and politically. While WWII affected the entire world, the war affected fashion and costumes of the United States France and Britain (Lauer, J.C., Lauer, R.H., 1981). Wartime, brought restrictions of natural materials, as well as bans on some imported materials, manmade materials were born and became a popular supplement to making garments. The impact of the war was not only seen in fabric choices but in the style and silhouette of clothing. This was a new simplicity in women’s clothing designs, and, theses women, who wore the fashions, to explore their imaginations.
1 Women’s lives after the two world wars changed, but there is some debate as to how much it changed. Their lives changed politically, with women gaining the vote, they changed in terms of employment, as they were now permitted to join certain professions and they also changed socially as a better way of living was set out for them. It is argued that women were given greater opportunities after the wars due to their exceptional participation on the home front. However, many historians believe that this change in women’s lives was simply due to the changing times and the progression in society. The historical debate surrounding this topic is wether women’s lives really did change greatly after the two world wars, or wether their lives simply went back to the way they were before the war started.
Anderson points out that despite continuing occupational sex segregation, a lack of appropriate child care, and the lingering negative attitudes regarding female employment, women persisted in gaining employment and opening doors for themselves and later generations. The necessities of wartime America undermined a somewhat sex segregated labor market and the ideas that perpetuated it. Lacking national uniformity, local municipal government and attitudes greatly influenced the breath of change. Such themes arose was mobilization where employed several rationales in convincing women to pursue employment among them patriotism, the prestige of war workers, and “a stress on women’s capacities for nontraditional work.” For women themselves, several factors encouraged them to find work. While patriotism remained one, others such as economic necessity, escape from the home, desire for social independence, and preventing loneliness or anxiety provide a few examples.
One, you would introduce to your mother (Sean Young's character) and the other, you wouldn't ( the Darryl Hannah portrayal), because she would end up sleeping with her. (This attitude came about because women during the war in America found their true independence, they worked in jobs that men had a monopoly on). The evolution of film noir came principally because of supply and demand. The building blocks to capitalism. The studios had to churn these films out because of public demand, The suits funded these lesser projects with a limited budget.
Then we come to the femme fatale of the neo noir period. In this newly developed manifestation, the femme fatale has developed and become a ˜new woman', an item that women in society today have tried to become- more independent and less reliable on men. The neo noir films, however, have focused on darker sides of this new woman, and come up with many differences that single the fatale out from the
In the world today, we, the public, spend so much time admiring stars from Hollywood and many of us want to be like them. Yet, there is so much pressure placed on them and sometimes this becomes all too much for them to cope with and they end up taking away their own life. This is the unpleasant and tragic side of being famous as we are all made to believe that fame will make you happy. Marilyn Monroe a talented and beautiful iconic star but, her fame was the death of her. Before Marilyn’s death, she had accomplished a lot for women in the U.S.’s society.