1. Allen remarks in her article that “Often, the working wife was caricatured as an evil vamp who sacrificed her children’s welfare and her husband’s masculine pride to her own taste for luxury and high living”(32). Is the author stating that during the Inter-War years, working wives were considered to be vampires? If so, how does this redefine the term’s association with women, and if not, then why is the word “vamp” in this article, and not clarified as to its meaning?
2. Gottlieb mentions in her article that “Just as women were identified with pacifism, masculinity was seen as synonymous with bellicosity”(444). Is Gottlieb arguing that conflict, and to a greater extent, war is gendered?
3. 3. Woolf states in her essay that “Hitlers are
2. Gottlieb mentions in her article that “Just as women were identified with pacifism, masculinity was seen as synonymous with bellicosity”(444). Is Gottlieb arguing that conflict, and to a greater extent, war is gendered?
3. 3. Woolf states in her essay that “Hitlers are