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6 pages in length. A 6-part discussion about how women's roles were reflected differently in society and in literature. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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War II left a tremendous void in the workforce, a hole women were only too happy to fill in such occupations as aircraft manufacturing. However, while filling that void
they created another at home by not being there to uphold their traditional gender duties. This stereotypical clash with womens new on-the-job expectations created a shift in the treatment
they received when toiling at a mans job, wearing a mans attire (slacks instead of a skirt) and adopting a mans life at least for the swing shift. In
short, "Rosie the Riveter" illustrated how women were crossing over into the clearly defined mans world and in the process blurring the line between stereotypical gender roles. Indeed, if
the women were stunned by the level of responsibility they had on the job (Reid et al, 2003), then their male counterparts were even less delighted with the quick infiltration
they made into the work environment. The extent to which womens involvement was a critical duality during this watershed period in history is both grand and far-reaching; that expectations
inherent to this involvement served to open both doors and eyes to the womens suffrage movement speaks to how the war ultimately worked to their social and political benefit.
Womens portrayal in Theodore Roethkes "I Knew a Woman" reflects the difference between cultural ideals for women in the 1950s and those of
World War II by virtue of it extolling the value and pleasure of women merely because they are themselves and not necessarily a cog in the wheel of a male-oriented
society. The slow but steady shift of respect for and worthiness of women for the sake of being women began developing in the fifties and ultimately peaked in the
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