women+of+1920's

It had been the first step to ending discrimination but it was still the beginning of many problems to come. The main idea for women was to get married, have kids, and stay home to keep the house in order, and leaving the men to run the country and corporations, and be the head of household. There was also questions on whether women should get into politics because if they did they thought they would stop having children, stop getting married, and the human race would die out. There was a view that women should not be able to vote because it is not within their intellectual capacity to make reasonable judgement. There was also questions on whether women should get into politics because if they did they thought they would stop having children, stop getting married, and the human race would die out. For women, hair was cut shorter and clothing changed drastically, becoming shorter and less covering. Typically fashion of the 1920s is associated with the flapper dress and jazz music. Flappers were women who listened to unconventional jazz music and were often looked down upon for their brash style including heavy makeup, excessive drinking, casual sex, cigarette smoking, and flaunting their contempt at true “lady-like” behavior. Flappers had their own language including terms like “barney-mugging” meaning sex. Some phrases like “bee’s knees” and “the cat’s pajamas” are still used today. It wasn't until 1925 that these new fashions began.

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