Gender violence during world war 1 (version final)
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GENDER VIOLENCE DURING WORLD WAR 1 Sexual and Labor violence
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GENDER VIOLENCE DURING WORLD WAR 1
Sexual and Labor violence
Sexual violence
• Women raped by combatants.
• Girls and women were forced into prostitutionor sexual slavery.
Dangerous jobs
• Munitions work: Long hours, dangerous, unpleasant but well paid.
Men’s job
• Some women worked in forges, making chains (a miserable and heavy work).
Used in propaganda and nursery
Sources
http://www.iwm.org.uk/history/12-things-you-didnt-know-about-women-in-the-first-world-war
http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/womenww1_one.htm
Wikipedia
http://www.striking-women.org/module/women-and-work/world-war-i-1914-1918