The United States also used women in the war effort on the home front. However, the big difference with the United States home front and those of other places like Soviet Union, is that the United States didn't have a threat on their own territory. At the peek of the war in 1943, the United States were producing 6 ships a day. Women worked in the factories.
In Japan, women were to serve for the greater good. Women were to have more children. General Hideki Tojo was against using women in the war. He said, "the weakening of the family system would be the weakening of the nation.... We are able to do our duties only because we have wives and mothers at home." Women worked more in places like farming and factories. The japanese government used chinese and koreans to meet the demand of workers, not their own women.
You lay out the facts clearly, but you never state your own opinion.
ReplyDeleteI agree. Your blog is very much about giving factual information. You should intertwine your opinion somewhere. During wartime, which role do you think was most important for women to have? How did women's roles during WW2 compared to that of WW1? Those are just some questions to think about, but overall you described women's roles during the war well.
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting when I read your blog that you said in Japan, women were used for the greater good. I'm curious as to where you found that information, and if it's something somebody said, who said it. Also, in your opinion, was making the women stay at home really "for the greater good"?
ReplyDeleteThese are very interesting facts that you laid out. One flaw, however, is that you skip around different countries laying out the facts for each, yet I do not see the connection that is made between the countries. I would have liked more of an opinion piece rather than facts that everyone could look up.
ReplyDeleteI thought that you clearly laid out the facts about the roles of women during the war. I thought you could have integrated your opinion pretty easily into this though, I felt that you were kind of getting at it in your last paragraph when you were talking about, "women being used for the greater good."
ReplyDeleteI found it interesting that while countries like the US and the Soviet Union had high standards for women during war time, the Japanese government did not allow for their women, who could have helped a lot. The government chose to employ Korean and Chinese workers "to meet the demand of workers", which shows that that the Japanese had a very strict norm that did not allow much opportunity for women to succeed.
ReplyDeletei found the quote by the Japanese general very interesting, but i was confused in that paragraph. At first you say japanese women were used only in the household, but you later say, "Women worked more in places like farming and factories." If they indeed worked in these places, that quote becomes false. I too, like the other six people, wouldn't mind seeing your opinion.
ReplyDeletei like how you expressed the roles of women in different parts of the worlds and the reasons to back it up, but it would be interesting to see more of your interpretation, like many have said. the part about women for the greater good was a little confusing and could use more explanation. But although it was factual, it was easy to see the difference within these three areas.
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