The United States’ flag; once a symbol of sacred patriotism has morphed into vacuous militarism. Today, in the United States the words patriotism and militarism seem interchangeable. Similarly, as women gain more freedom to express themselves, media sources and everyday interaction take advantage of these freedoms in a militaristic way, as a means to control. In this paper, first, the exposure and over usage of the flag is discussed, then a connection is made between the flag and the bodies of women, using the example of women wearing the American flag as a bathing suit. In 2011, Ivan Eland wrote an article deploring Americans to pay more attention to the use of the words patriotism and militarism. Eland states, “ The United States was founded on principles of anti-militarism, permanent U.S. military meddling abroad was avoided until after World War II.” …show more content…
What is clear is the connection between militarism and sexism. For some extreme nationalists the U.S. Flag Code is above the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The articles written attacking women for devaluing the flag by covering their breasts and butts, and not equally demanding respect of the flag to men who adorn it on their pants or t-shirts. A women’s right to express herself freely is not taken as serious as men’s right of expression. Her freedom has come with a price, not acknowledging how freedom of expression is surface level, she does not have true freedom. To the authors of these mainstream articles think she should submit to the Flag Code over the U.S. Constitution. This is an outrageous claim, one that demands control over women, keeping her in her place. Johnson brilliantly claims that, “privilege is always at someone else’s expense and it always exacts a cost. Everything that’s done to receive to maintain it, however passive and unconscious, results in suffering and deprivation for someone.”
The targeted audience is young women who aspire to help their troops and break away from the stereotypical roles of women during that era. In this analysis, the topic of femininity and Rosie the Riveter will be applied and compared to “Woman’s Place in the War”; as well as other elements such as colors, lines, emotional and logical
Posters such as Paul Stahr’s “Be Patriotic” made women believe that they would be recognized and appreciated by their country only if they promise to give up a portion of their meal to save those in war. This propaganda can be said that it served as a trap saying that if an individual does not do as told, then they would be a humiliation to their nation. Although it can be perceived as intimidating and manipulative, this poster also demonstrates women that they do not have to be men in order to help achieve victory. Patriotism includes all and not just men. The lady in Stahr’s poster seems to proudly wear a dress of the United States flag.
Australia’s home front played a significant and important role in World War One. Thousands of people took the roles that were previously filled by men, organisations were created to support the soldiers, care packages were manufactured, charities were created to fund help, and various other things. In this essay, I will be covering the use of propaganda, women’s roles, the Australian government’s control of enemy aliens and their censorship of information. During World War One, propaganda was used for various things such as to encourage more people to enlist in the army, for charities to collect donations, to create a strong hatred for the enemy and a sense of pride in their own country.
The United States is a nation that was created from war. America’s first war was fought for independence from Great Britain and is arguably the proudest victory in history for Americans. Our key freedoms may have been thought of in the mind of our founders, but they were won on the battlefield. The United States has since then become one of the freest countries in the entire world. No other country’s military could come close to the greatness of the United States’ military.
Before reading about it, I was completely unaware and ignorant of the controversy. Upon the unmasking of this issue, author Lindy West also encourages women to look past this and continue to be angry for what they fight for in her new opinionated New York Times article, “Brave Enough to be Angry.” This is one of the most powerful
Once Title V was approved, it led to limitations of Armed Service Editions, books sent to soldiers, and resulted in a great deal of controversial censorship. Through appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos, Manning promotes her conclusion that Title V should have been eliminated because it challenged freedom, a right that American
The Effect of Women on the Outcome of World War Two World War II effected women tremendously by taking them out of their comfort zones and chucking them into the work force and pushing them to do most of the work men normally would have been doing. The war also effected women by providing opportunities for them to serve in non-traditional roles; in fact, some of them enlisted into the military to serve the United States. The way the war effected women is that they had to take care of family in addition to performing work normally done by men. It was difficult to find people to watch after kids which made life during this time very difficult. After the end of World War II society in general was effected considering the baby boom.
Important Women and their Role in the Civil War The American Civil war lasted for four years from 1861-1865. The war occurred because of a controversy on differences of beliefs, with the primary reason being slavery and state’s rights. The war resulted in the killing of over 600,000 soldiers. The war had a lot of advances in American culture.
The Civil War was a series of battles fought from 1861 to 1865 between the North, the Union, and the South, the Confederacy, of the United States of America over the disagreements on the acceptance of slavery. It was a long fought war with high casualties on both sides. Due to that, even more civilians were needed to become soldiers, spies, and etc. Men were always the ones that were expected to fill those positions, despite some of them not wanting to. Women were expected to stay home as the men in their life left for the war.
The worst that she was treated, the more she wanted to change the system. Because Johnson used to work on the other side of the premises, there were no black bathrooms on the side she worked on. If she had to go to the bathroom, she had to walk a mile just to go and be back on time, even if it was raining. When she went to take her seat many walked away from her and wouldn’t sit around or by her. She wasn’t even allowed to do the things that the whites could.
In World War II (WWII) the Allied victory was attributed to many things, one of which was the women who mainly supported soldiers from the home front. In WWII women played a large role in supporting Canada, and if it was not for them Canada would have lost the war. They supported from the home front, they supported at the warfront, and they supported from behind the scenes. Women at the beginning of the war only supported from the home front, mainly in factories to help Canada in the war effort. They built guns, bombs and artillery to help Canada defend itself and other countries.
With an abundant, and quite merit, selection to choose from, ranking a list of top three was genuinely troublesome and certainly crucial, but nevertheless my selection prevailed to be accurate as I make my decision final. As it stands, my selection persists to be Pacific Standard article “Women Aren 't Welcome Here”, New York Times Magazine writing “The Ballad of Geeshie and Elvie”, and Chicago article “ The Truth About Chicago 's Crime Rates”. With that, a praising and analysis essay is expected not to be entirely burdensome with the complexity of each article as far as techniques to encourage and promote the article, providing with many topics to discuss and analyze. Concerning each article, I will fully dissect the topics conversed
Before WWI, women were restricted to traditionally feminine jobs. Their work was considered inferior and they were paid less than men. However, once WWI began, women were able to integrate themselves into a variety of different workforces. Since most men were off to serve in the military and navy, women that stayed behind replaced their positions in factories and other industries. Other women worked closely with the military as nurses or even soldiers.
Being a girl is hard, women have been the second best since the beginning of time, women weren’t allowed to do a man's job in the military and it’s time that further evolves into women and men doing all of the same jobs. Although, some may argue that keeping women protected from the harsh realities of war is the reasonable thing to do and those people have a valid argument when they say women aren’t emotionally stable enough to fight on the front lines, or that women aren’t strong enough to serve; this applies to some women not all. Women have proven themselves capable of so much more than the standard that is set for them in the military: overcoming their physical differences and putting the excuses to rest. The excuses about being a distraction to men and that women are going to be prioritized over fighting. The military makes us believe that everyone in the military is treated
The gender role in military as women categorized and stereotyped by men has never been easy. Military does not require muscular or gender power for leadership in combat or command positions. Some men believe that women in command will weaken the military tradition or military in context. The gender role of “women” and “soldiers” proved to many that is uncontested in World War I and II when women served as auxiliaries. Women have a long history of service in the military.