For example, Editha has just finished speaking to George about her feelings and thoughts on the war, when she has a thought; "but now, it flashed upon her, if he could do something worthy to have won her-be a hero, her hero-it would be even better than if he had done it before asking her; it would be grander" pg.55. In this quote Editha reveals her true feelings and objective towards George; she feels as a woman she is entitled to some grand performance of love and that as a man George should oblige. Editha's feelings towards George's manhood are extreme, but they are contemporary in some respects; in today's modern society women have placed a large number of expectations on men. Men are deemed weak if they are not aggressive, successful or virile; even our children stories place excessive standards on men they are supposed to be heroic rescuers who take care of the women's every whim. This relates to Editha because she displays the same imbalanced "macho" perspective on men that has been displayed throughout history and that is still displayed in American women
Instead of just using the word women, she uses “we” because she wants the reader to feel that she and the audience is a part of this statistic too. I think Kamenetz is trying to reach a very broad audience, rather than target any certain audience. She, in a way, is targeting men of all ages. I think that showing men that people are equal regardless of sex is the most important in this case, and she realizes this as well. She does a great job of relating to all audiences, to see her possible solution to the rising issues occurring.
World War II and Female War Correspondents After America’s entry into World War II, women became the mainstay of the American workforce due to the exodus of the male population that was fighting in Europe and the Pacific. This was a stellar opportunity for females to advance their journalistic careers both overseas and the American home front. At the end of World War II, more than 127 female war correspondents had received official accreditation from the United States military as war correspondents. Three of the most successful of those women were Clare Booth Luce, Therese Bonney, and Marvin Breckinridge Patterson (Library of Congress, 2010). Prior to World War II, Clare Booth Luce was a playwright living in the United States, Therese
This positive reinforcement of her father could have caused the development of the strong and masculine elements of her personality. As she would have learnt from a young age that the traits, actions and beliefs her father held were positive as society agreed with them. Her strength and masculinity are evident in her interest with the pistols, not a typically feminine preoccupation, as well as the stage directions. As she would have grown up being part of the upper bourgeois society she would have grown up having more freedoms and attention than other children living in the same area as her. She would subsequently be used to having her own way, therefore when her father died and she no longer could rely on his position to get what she wanted.
Much literature has been written about the events that occurred, the battles that were fought and the innovation and weapons that were used, but it is the people that were most important and pivotal in the war. The people far out weighed the battles, the weapons or machinery and it was the people and there stories that have and will remain victorious throughout modern American memory. Some may say that WWII was not the good war because America entered the war last and did not witness the majority of destruction, ethnic cleansing and killing caused by the Nazi regime. Some say believe that it’s because the war was fought elsewhere so damages and casualties weren’t seen on home land unlike in Europe. Whilst some say that WWII was not the good war because America simply took the easy route towards the end of the war with the introduction of nuclear weapons on
They have struggled before, war made the United States of America practically destitute, but, because of that love and unity from the people, the country arose from the ashes and brought it back to life. President Roosevelt knew that the United States needed to band together not only to help itself but to help others who's words and protests were being ignored, “Second, by an impressive expression of the public will and without regard to partisanship, we are committed to full support of all those resolute people everywhere who are resisting aggression and are thereby keeping war away from our Hemisphere. By this support, we express our determination that the democratic cause shall prevail; and we strengthen the defense and the security of our own nation.”. President Roosevelt believes that nationalism and independence are extremely important needs for all people, as does President Obama.! !
It is worldwide agreed that the male stereotype is viewed to be more favourable than the female stereotype. In most cultures men are accorded somewhat higher status than women and researches have shown that high status people are usually judged to be more agentic, self-oriented whereas low status people are communal or relationship oriented. Gender division of labour. The socially determined ideas and practices which define what roles and activities are deemed appropriate for women and men Whilst the gender division of labour tends to be seen as natural and immutable, in fact, these ideas and practices are socially constructed. This results in context-specific patterns of who does what by gender and how this is valued.
Although both Birdsong and Regeneration present the horrors of World War 1, the authors also look at the affects of war on relationships. It will be interesting to see how love and sex is nuanced as the relationships experienced during this time have many complications. Both authors portray relationships between men as the most important form of love during the Great War. On the battlefield, love between men is an accepted and desirable occurrence as it means that soldiers have something to fight for and their friendships give them the strength to carry on. In ‘Birdsong’, we see a close bond between Stephen and Weir.
Propaganda was seen by many as another form of warfare, just as important to the end result as the actual fighting. It was used to encourage unity within a nation and justify countries’ involvement in the war. Propaganda was rife in many forms in both the allied and central countries throughout World War 1 The effect that propaganda had was immediate and it also had a lasting effect which went beyond the war period. Each of the nations which participated in World War One from 1914-18 used propaganda posters not only as a means of justifying involvement to their own populace, but also as a means of procuring men, money and resources to sustain the military campaign. The main purpose of propaganda in Australia was used to conscript soldiers to fight in the First World War At first Australia agreed to send 20,000 men and they used propaganda to put forward service as glamorous, prestigious and heroic.
First, education tends to have a liberalizing influence, promoting a more permissive sexual ideology among higher status men and women. Second, higher status women and men are attractive mates because of their wealth, power and prestige” (Tanfer, Cubbins, & Billy,