Gender and War

Question 1

Who talks about Les Femmes Tondues

Answer 1

Claire Duchen

Question 2

How did WW2 affect women’s roles?

Answer 2

workforce increased
employment opportunities expanded
women of colour also found better paying and more highly skilled jobs opportunities

Question 3

how did men react to women entering the workforce after WW2

Answer 3

sparked fear in some regarding the proper roles of women and men

men saw it as an encroachment of ‘their’ work

harassment was common

job opportunities fell

Question 4

what piece of legislation opened up notions of equality?

Answer 4

Roe v Wade 1970s

Question 5

Francoise Thebaud

Answer 5

too look at war through women’s eyes one must first make the female visible

Question 6

Brian Ferguson

Answer 6

sex-based division of labour leads to socially defined men’s work which fosters masculine personalities

socialisation for military masculinity is pervasive in war-making societies but variable in what masculinity means

Question 7

Brian Ferguson on masculinity of enemies

Answer 7

tough, brave men, who feminise their enemies to encode domination.

Question 8

who talks about masculinity in Vietnam

Answer 8

Corydon Ireland

Question 9

what does Corydon Ireland say about Vietnam’s effect on masculinity?

Answer 9

Vietnam took apart traditional American concept of masculinity, transformed the American soldier from a heroic and competent figure into a deeply ambiguous one

Question 10

what Vietnam event disrupted the heroic reputation of the American soldiers?

Answer 10

1968 My Lai Massacre

a tolerance for violence and close-mouthed endurance of duty were challenged by emerging alternative visions of manhood.