Author Margaret Atwood’s Burning Questions
Talk Easy with Sam Fragoso
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Women in the House
The vision of femininity, which existed through the 19 fifties demanded women play a supporting role in the household. Men who did not want to be type a hyper achievers were failed men and women who didn't want that were failed women. I think one of my favorite examples is the squad of russian female pilots in world war too, who were nicknamed by the germans the night witches. They were given these chaasy little biplanes made out of plywood, and they would swoop in at night and bomb things unseen, unexpected. And right after the war, they weren't even allowed to fly in the victory parade. It was frightful. So if you look up night
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