The era brought about a change in social order. But what do we consider a "normal social order"? Your mother devotes her life to cooking you a hearty meal every night, making sure the house is spotless inside and out, and enjoying leisurely activities with the other neighborhood mothers. The men on the other hand, worked full time either for his family business or went off to college to become a doctor, lawyer or businessman. With the male supporting the family economically he was the head chief of the home, giving oppression to his wife. In the 1940's before World War II, this was the normal social order.
If we want to refer back to our natural state there needs to be a distrubtion of power, whether it is in your life, your household or your work life. In modern day, we know this as we try to do both and make decisions how to distribute our priorities. For the 1940's it was either one or the other you had to be devoted to, whether it was the home or work. Thus said, the responsibilities that you take on, does not give you a higher status over another.
If we want to refer back to our natural state there needs to be a distrubtion of power, whether it is in your life, your household or your work life. In modern day, we know this as we try to do both and make decisions how to distribute our priorities. For the 1940's it was either one or the other you had to be devoted to, whether it was the home or work. Thus said, the responsibilities that you take on, does not give you a higher status over another.
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Images flooded everywhere of women working to encourage nonworking stay at home mother's to do follow as as well. Women were symbolized as caring to the family issues and powerful in the household, but they are fragile to whole world around them. The power of image brought upon a state of awareness to women everywhere that this was their opportunity to see what potential lies within them, and burn the ideology of being referred to as "dumb bitches". Not to mention the rest of the world could use a fresh breath of air from all the testosterone controlling the environment. Finally energy of ideas from mind's they've never heard spoken out before came to life.
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| 'Turcos' Rob Loftus - Nikon D40 - February 5,2006 http://www.flickr.com/photos/robloftusphoto |
What I can't understand is why people were surprised by a positive outcome?
Once someone is given the opportunity, the possibilities are endless. America was slapped with a share of useful ideas and growth of creative potential. Prior, if a woman brought the paycheck this would suggest nothing less than the male being a failure as he was unable to provide for his family. Restricting women from work creates a restriciton of growth as their own personal ideas of self and in the world.
- Work teaches you to find your voice with your own opinion, essentially leadership.
- Interaction with other people, especially the little bastards you want to call 4$$h0|*m07h3Rf#c|3rZ, as well as those you connect with to network your charisma and strengths
- The enjoyment of work hard and party harder
- And money management skills will soon follow
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& to prevent women from acting like oblivious brats
The power of images gave women the opportunity to explore themselves indapendently. Confidence in return emerged from women eveywhere as they added charisma and personality to the business world, now making dirty overalls, or pant suits for the job have sex appeal.
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But not to be confused with this kind of sex appeal:
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The power of images and speech propelled the American woman into the work force.From there a force of idea's and aspirations from women continued to rise, where FEMEN emerged, a Ukrainian protest group that proves sex sells as they alarm the world with the truth about sex tourists, international marriage agencies, sexism and other social, national and international ills . These courageous, confident and seductive ladies stage twenty topless activist backed up with 300 fully clothed members to attract attention.
Not like this, but like so:
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- Finally the world has seen the imagative women who has gotten the world thinking as they are taken away by police in front of St Peter's basilica when holding a placard to ask for freedom for women following Pope Benedicts XVI's Angelus prayer at St Peter’s square at The Vatican.
- painting in colors of the Italian flag on their bare skin to take part in a demonstration against Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi in Rome
- detained by security guards in front of Kiev Zoo where FEMEN compares the zoo to a concentration camp for those with fur and feathers.
- Stand infront of parliemnt Police detain Alexandra Shevchenko a member of women’s activist group FEMEN, in front of parliament to raise the retirement age for women.
- shout protests in front of the Iranian Embassy in Kiev against the death penalty given to Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani, a mother of two children, who was sentenced to death by stoning in Iran on charges of adultery.
I have always believed there is no better self expression of you're desires and aspirations than what you create, but these ladies have proven me wrong. They show there is no greater expression of self that what we are. Just as they expose their bare bodies, they expose the horrors they face, truths are revealed out in the open with no distortion of the topic to cover-up.
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