Racism in The Armed Forces During Wwii

Moreover, the position of women throughout the war period greatly worsened. For example, wages between the women and the men differed greatly. Women only made 65 percent, for the same work as men made. Women were not accepted as equal to men, thus receiving less pay for equally strenuous work. Furthermore, the Government made it clear that “women working [was] only a ‘temporary’ expedient” (World War II at Home 3). The government believed that women will not be able to keep their power in the work force for long. Instead the government expected women to return to domestic occupations rather than in the work force upon the termination of the war. Not to mention, many people disapproved of married women working, and the “Government refused to establish child-care centers for women employed in defense” (3).All in all, there is still the prevalence of sex discrimination, and it seems as though wartime only created a temporary situation of some gains for women.