The Perceptions Of Sexism In The 1940s

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In the 1940s women were not looked at as equal to men. Men were the ones who were supposed to work while the women were meant to clean the home, care for the children, and make dinner. Men were not able to see that women are just as capable of working in factories as men are. In the 1940s training video supervising women workers, Joe’s attitude, Mr. Brook’s attitude, and the women’s reactions reveal the sexist attitudes of the time period.
Joe’s attitude toward women shows the sexism in the society at the time. The first-time Joe is seen in the video, he is speaking to Mr. Brook in Mr. Brook’s office. The two men are talking about the new women workers and Brook’s is explaining to Joe the best ways to train the women workers. Joe believes that “women don’t realize what it means to stick on the job”(Kerkow) because he is annoyed at how many of them have asked for time off. Although Joe’s attitude changes in the middle of the video by his wife. Joe comes home to his wife Molly and speaks about the frustrations of women asking him for time off. Molly offers advice
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This video shows women as being harder to handle in the work place than men. Although it does give compliments to women, the video still talks in an attitude that looks down on women. Making them seem stupider, less qualified and almost uncappable of doing a man’s job unless it is broken down into repetitive steps that are easy to follow. It also leaves you to assume that men do not act the way women do. The training video supervising women workers is making the assumption that no man can get jealous of another man for not getting enough attention and that no man will start a debate over a rule he is not following. Joe’s and Brooke’s attitude and the women actresses in the video prove that there was much sexism in the

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