In ‘Women, Sexuality and War’ Philomena Goodman discusses the social impact that women working in factories had during the Second World War. Using examples, she examines the positive and negative factors for this change of society.
Goodman discusses the impact of the ‘sexual double standard’, as women were expected to look attractive in order to help boost the morale of the men, as well as themselves. However, it was also expected that they didn’t look too attractive, as to divert the men’s attention away from their work. Women were also expected to continue with their usual day to day lives of maintaining a household as well as working in factories.
Goodman discusses the impact of the ‘sexual double standard’, as women were expected to look attractive in order to help boost the morale of the men, as well as themselves. However, it was also expected that they didn’t look too attractive, as to divert the men’s attention away from their work. Women were also expected to continue with their usual day to day lives of maintaining a household as well as working in factories.