Review Of Volo's Article 'Mobilizing Mothers For War'

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This article circles back to not only the misrepresentation of women but also the lack of representation of women in Latin America. What really shocks me about this article is two ideas: (1) the fact that the United Nations rejected seven real-life candidates and (2) the idea that a fictional character can represent the struggles of women around the world. We can compare this decision to Volo’s article, “Mobilizing Mothers for War”, in which in times of war, women were given specific gender frames. These frames were used to mobilize consent for and against the war by channeling maternal grievances, distributing propaganda through apolitical mothers, and evoking emotions and sympathy to gain both nationally and internationally support. Although

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