War, a skirmish between men fighting to defend their countries, at least until World War Two. That is when over one million USSR women drafted or volunteered for the war. Although most women during World War II around the world stayed home to raise their children and work in factories, the women of Soviet Russia were in the action of the War. With In result of this action of the Soviet women being drafted and volunteering in the war because of the numbers of men were low. Even though this did not have a big impact on other women in the world, it had changed the traditional view of women in Soviet Union society empowering them to take on bigger things and creating a feminist meritocracy. This countered the traditional belief that women were
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Those who were drafted though were between the ages of 18 to 25. Most of the women who did enroll were childless came from urban parts of the country and were very well educated, and many had college education. Many women were also part of a group called “Komsomol” a group which generally dealt with social and economic mobility. But out of those who chose to go into war went out of anger for those whose brothesr, boyfriends, their fathers had died. Those who volunteered had also gone out for bravery, to prove the men wrong. As Maria Kaliberda a fellow soldier said “We Want to be equal--- we didn’t want the men saying, “Oh those women!” about us. And we tried harder than the men. Apart from everything else we had to prove that we were as good as them. For a long time, we had to put up with a very patronizing, superior attitude.” ( Reese) Women like Kaliberda want to make a point show their pride to defend just like men. The Marxist Lenin theory also had a large impact on women entering the war too. As for it had created a gender equal society, where no gender roles had effects on the society, working label, or jobs. …show more content…
Actually some of the deadliest snipers in World War II. Over 2500 women were trained to be snipers, and many others also became snipers without the formal training. Female snipers had become one of the most popular reasons on why the women in the red army are recognized. There are many reasons why women became very successful in the sniper profession. For example, ”a woman’s hand is more sensitive than is a man’s. Therefore, when a woman is shooting, her index finger pulls the trigger more smoothly and purposefully”(RHP). Women had the upper hand as they were more successful with the technique of shooting as their hands were just more steady. Also, women had much success because they had many abilities that they need to be a good sniper. For instance, patience, deliberate, having high levels of aerobic conditioning, knowledge of avoiding hand to hand combat, can handle stress, and cold better than men.(Reese) These women were trained and a few had turned to be very successful with high achievements. For example, Lyudmila M. Pavlichenko. She was one of the most successful women sniper that the Red Army had. Outscoring others with an outstanding 309 confirmed kills, with 36 of them being enemy snipers. With so much success it sadly had to come to an end in 1942 when she was injured, but she had became the first Soviet citizen in the White House welcomed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. She was just one of many fortunate women who did
Those who were drafted though were between the ages of 18 to 25. Most of the women who did enroll were childless came from urban parts of the country and were very well educated, and many had college education. Many women were also part of a group called “Komsomol” a group which generally dealt with social and economic mobility. But out of those who chose to go into war went out of anger for those whose brothesr, boyfriends, their fathers had died. Those who volunteered had also gone out for bravery, to prove the men wrong. As Maria Kaliberda a fellow soldier said “We Want to be equal--- we didn’t want the men saying, “Oh those women!” about us. And we tried harder than the men. Apart from everything else we had to prove that we were as good as them. For a long time, we had to put up with a very patronizing, superior attitude.” ( Reese) Women like Kaliberda want to make a point show their pride to defend just like men. The Marxist Lenin theory also had a large impact on women entering the war too. As for it had created a gender equal society, where no gender roles had effects on the society, working label, or jobs. …show more content…
Actually some of the deadliest snipers in World War II. Over 2500 women were trained to be snipers, and many others also became snipers without the formal training. Female snipers had become one of the most popular reasons on why the women in the red army are recognized. There are many reasons why women became very successful in the sniper profession. For example, ”a woman’s hand is more sensitive than is a man’s. Therefore, when a woman is shooting, her index finger pulls the trigger more smoothly and purposefully”(RHP). Women had the upper hand as they were more successful with the technique of shooting as their hands were just more steady. Also, women had much success because they had many abilities that they need to be a good sniper. For instance, patience, deliberate, having high levels of aerobic conditioning, knowledge of avoiding hand to hand combat, can handle stress, and cold better than men.(Reese) These women were trained and a few had turned to be very successful with high achievements. For example, Lyudmila M. Pavlichenko. She was one of the most successful women sniper that the Red Army had. Outscoring others with an outstanding 309 confirmed kills, with 36 of them being enemy snipers. With so much success it sadly had to come to an end in 1942 when she was injured, but she had became the first Soviet citizen in the White House welcomed by Franklin D. Roosevelt. She was just one of many fortunate women who did