WW1: Gender and Medicine Flashcards
What happened as a result of lack of women in the trenches? What did this do to these male-male relationships?
Physical intimacy (homosexuality)
^Formed stronger bonds
What role did women take on? How was this viewed?
Nursing
Caring and nurturing. Also eroticised
What ideas were used in propaganda? (2 answers)
Sex appeal
Protect women and country (moral compass)
Mental affect of front lines
Shell shock
Percentage of British casualties by artillery shells
58%
What was new prosthetic technology made from? What was it before?
Cork before
Synthetics now
How many British men underwent amputation?
41,000
What happened to disabled men after war? Why?
Sent to coastal towns, e.g. Brighton
To recover
Cultural/ societal impact of war
Disabled men infantilised
Struggling to live of pensions
Reconstructive and prosthetic surgery became bigger
Self-harm rates went up to get off the front line
How many cases of shell shock were there in British army?
80,000
How was shell shock viewed?
Seen as cowardice and emotionally weak
Examples of treatment for shell shock patients
Solitary confinement
Emotional depravation
Who created more humane treatment for shell shock?
Arthur Hurst
What did Arthur Hurst do?
Used occupational therapy
