WOMS202 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Abu Ghraib Torture And Prisoner Abuse, Jean Bethke Elshtain, Elizabeth Cady Stanton
17 Feb 2018
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How do women respond to changes caused by war. Thinking about women and war: reflecting on the french revolution. Certain universal rights: women are excluded from the citizen rights. Eugene delaroix, liberty leading the people: symbol of liberty as a woman, but the men are the ones actively participating. Benefits from the welfare state: taxes public schools, roads, benefits, tig(cid:373)a of (cid:449)elfa(cid:396)e: (cid:449)o(cid:373)e(cid:374) get (cid:271)e(cid:374)efits, (cid:271)ut they do(cid:374)"t pay in. Challenge to traditional gender norms: new role for women in society jobs, visibility in public life, highlight roles as wives and mothers, reward for their service (participating in war effort) Return to normalcy as war winds down, there is an effort to return to tradition that impacts the status of women. The rape of nanking, 1937-1938 (wwii) look of happiness. Abu ghraib prison scandal,2003 piling of bodies, gleeful photos, even women participating in this.
