Rosie the Riveter was an iconic symbol for World War II it represented the strong working women who were working men’s jobs, but this is not what the symbol completely showed after reading Maureen Honey’s Creating Rosie the Riveter. 5) First off, the ideal women that were depicted through media and magazines were the middle class wives that are working to help support the war. The women in the magazine advertisements made the women still resemble sexual objects even though they were doing men’s work. The advertisements made them seem more glamorous while doing men’s work. Still putting emphasis on the female sexuality. Women were pushed back into their work because, when the soldiers came back from war the media would degrade women who kept their jobs and say they are stealing a job meant for a man. 4) Additionally, propaganda affected the depiction of middle-class women and working class women. The confession formula created by OWI was based on renewing themselves through exorcism of ones inner devils with ending up with domestic happiness. The confession formula for women was usually a battered victim looking for a strong man to take care of her. This depiction was wrong because it was focusing on how women need a man to take care of them showing how helpless they are. Writers from True Story showed war workers as strong women with…show more content… The government and magazines used propaganda to get women to work with posters and magazine advertisements. Advertisers would convey the message that women who found work have accomplished their obligations by having a job and having a non-wage paying job at home. Patriotism was used often in magazines saying that if you love your country you will work, and that women are helping the soldiers overseas to win the
