Rosie The Riveter Research Paper

Before the 1940’s, women in the workplace was uncommon and frowned upon; women were to be housewives and specifically designated to the home, until the start of WWII. Rosie the Riveter is a cultural icon has forever shaped and changed the role of women in society. During WWII Rosie represented the women that helped in shipyards while the men of the country were out fighting in the war; this still being a time where it’s uncommon for a woman to even be in the workplace. This has given society a new shape for femininity, independent, hard-working women. Women have always been placed in a “public sphere,” meaning that they were not expected to pursue the same interests that a man would. Identified as a public sphere, meaning that anyone could take part in being a member of the public sphere. Rosie the Riveter helped redefine the public sphere and private sphere specifically pertaining to the workforce “As part of the intellectual currents of feminist it should be noticed that some discussions try to redefine the public sphere,” …show more content…
The article “Two Ways a Woman Can Get Hurt,” the idea that ads are more sexually demeaning than society interprets. “Men conquer and women ensnare,” (Kilbourne 462) though this quote may help sell the product that they are intending to sell, it sets women back. It puts a bad image on female characters and role models in society. Younger girls see the sexy ads and begin craving almost this negative attention that society has told us is positive attention. In the I never saw the ads as degrading to women; I saw provocative yet persuasive, as if the ads made readers feel like they were the girl on the cover of the magazine. If the makeup was purchased it would make buyers look and feel like that girl. Yet all this is doing is supporting the ads regressing the progress we have so deeply longed