The knight in the big world of American TV series

Chapter 2219

Chapter 2219

To be honest, Carter didn't really enjoy that kind of worship. After all, it reminded her all the time that everything she had was due to Steve's sacrifice.

On the one hand, this is a denial of herself!

In the era when Carter was active, women were always considered to be appendages of men.

Whether in China or abroad, in the long history, the status of women seems to have been cursed and is very low. In China, such a change was around the beginning of the Republic of China, when the status of women was improved - gradually changing from an accessory to an independent individual. On the other side of the ocean, in the United States, the real transformation of women's identity was during the Second World War. From the late 20s to the Second World War, the status of American women was very low. Women were discriminated against in employment. Not only that, their family status was also very worrying, and they were basically vassals of men. However, the outbreak of World War II, although it brought considerable harm, also completely subverted this tradition. Women's employment and family status have changed a lot compared to before. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a revolution in the status of women.

The United States existed as a colony for a long period of time. From this time until the Industrial Revolution in the 19th century, American women basically worked as housewives at home. Almost no one chose to work outside the home. It was not until the beginning of the Industrial Revolution that the number of women working outside the home began to increase. By 1910, female employees were no longer just engaged in the textile industry in factories, but had various employment directions, most of which were clerical positions. However, even though the number of employed women in this period had increased significantly, its proportion was still less than 30%.

The Great Depression in the 30s in the United States caused its economy to fall into a trough, and the original bubble turned into nothingness. The Great Depression caused many men to lose their jobs, causing them to enter the original female industries. To a certain extent, this caused a sharp decline in the employment rate of women, which had begun to increase after the Industrial Revolution. After all, discrimination against women still existed at that time. If men occupied women's positions, many employers would give priority to men. Women had no competitiveness against men and could only compete with female workers. Not only that, even the US government at that time had specially promulgated regulations to restrict the employment of married women, and women's employment rights were even restricted by law. At that time, public opinion unanimously believed that if men could do the job, there was no need for women to do the job. If all men were hired, women would be qualified to do the job. Such an environment could be said to be very harsh on women.

Now we say that if we want to have a marriage, then there must be a certain emotional foundation between two people. But in the United States before World War II, such a beautiful situation was very rare. Marriage at that time was like marriage in ancient China, mixed with interests. Family, religion, social background and even reproduction became the most important factors in people's marriage at that time.

In such marriages, women have no say. Men have the absolute say in the family because they can earn money to support the family, while women are the opposite. It was not until the 20th century that women began to go out of the house and get paid, and their family status rose. As women's status in the family rose, marriages gradually began to have autonomy, rather than being arranged. However, this marriage situation is not truly equal. Although women have begun to go out of the house, their salaries are still far lower than those of men, so their status is not particularly high. At that time, men would even attribute the breakdown of the family to women. Even if their own infidelity led to the breakdown of the marriage, they could find an absurd reason that it was because their wives were not attractive.

There is a Chinese saying that "women are virtuous if they are not talented". Although there is no such saying in the United States, they believe that women are not as smart as men, so they do not strengthen their education. Stock once divided American women's education into six categories, of which only one category is normal education completed through school. The remaining categories, including informal moral education, formal moral education, etc., are all for special purposes, that is, to train women to become excellent housewives. They put women at the level of family, not society.

Long before the War of Independence, women from common families could not even receive formal education. Only young ladies from aristocratic families had the opportunity to receive education, and this education was not what we thought, but only embroidery. Music, a so-called aristocratic education that pleases the male host and maintains the face of the upper class, is limited to the artistic level. Women trained in this way are the objects of choice for many upper-class men, but they are rigid. It was not until the 19th century that the first girls' high school in the United States was officially opened to the public, and girls' schools in the United States were gradually established. In the late th century, basically all schools, including most colleges and universities, were open to women. However, education is still tilted, and women's education is still limited to auxiliary subjects such as liberal arts and teacher education, and there are still very few opportunities to be admitted, and most of them are monopolized by the upper class.

During World War II, young and middle-aged men enlisted in the army, and the unemployment problem was solved. However, the serious problem of labor shortage gradually emerged. At this time, American women stepped into the labor force to supplement the original labor positions of men. Social opinion also changed from women not being able to enter the labor force and restricting women to encouraging women to enter the labor force, and even admonishing women to work hard. It can be seen that the so-called restrictions before were just a rhetoric for the male society to consolidate its position. Women's special physiological phenomena are destined to be inferior to men, so many women demanded to improve their working conditions. Most of the labor positions in society are only occupied by women. If they strike, then the American society will be paralyzed, so the government can only be forced to agree to these women's proposals. In addition to the change in social opinion, individuals in the true sense actually have new views on women's employment. For example, many companies took the lead in hiring women, even married women, including some companies that originally believed that women entering the workplace would destroy the original working environment. And these women did not disappoint their employers, rather they were very excited because they believed that these female workers were more meticulous and easier to control than male workers.

The number of American women employed during World War II increased very fast. As mentioned above, before World War II, the proportion of American women entering the workforce was less than 1945%, but during World War II, the growth rate of female labor force was very fast. By , it accounted for % of the total labor force in the society! From here, we can clearly see that married women, who were originally despised, gradually became popular with employers, while before that, married women's employment was even a taboo in society! In addition, during World War II, many women entered positions that were originally only available to men, such as military factories, because of the shortage of male labor. Before that, entering military factories was a "privilege" for men. In addition, the original civilian job was the main job of many women, and now it is even more so. Nearly % of American women are engaged in civilian jobs, and even can enter the government. Everyone knows that the United States is a multi-ethnic and multi-ethnic country, among which the highest status is the white population. White people despise the rest of the Indians and Africans, thinking that these people are inferior to white people. The lives of these people are very difficult, not to mention women. The outbreak of World War II broke this barrier, and black and Indian women who were originally only able to do the dirtiest and most tiring work at the bottom level were able to get new employment opportunities. It can be said that World War II also brought hope to these discriminated racial women to start a new life. Their jobs changed from being mainly domestic servants to being able to choose jobs freely. Although discrimination still exists, it is much better than before. Everything has its pros and cons. While World War II brought disaster, it also brought new hope. The birth of this disaster has taught people to reflect on their past mistakes and their original shortcomings; of course, they have also learned to look at problems from the perspective of unity and equal treatment - not only unity and equality between men, but also between men and women. In World War II, more men died on the battlefield, and women were used on a large scale against the background of severe labor shortage. Under the war, people across the country united as one, and men took down their original stubbornness and prejudice, put down their burdens, and worked together with women to fight against fascism. In this process, men have also seen the role of women and realized that many of the responsibilities that men can take on, women can also do - and this improvement in concepts is the most direct reason for the revolutionary improvement in the status of women.

But during the time when Carter worked, she was indeed not valued and even discriminated against. During the war, she followed Steve to fight all over Europe. As a result, when the war ended, she was assigned to the office and worked as a logistics clerk. Although the salary was high, that was all.

This is something Carter absolutely cannot tolerate. She has her own ambitions, so she uses her identity as Captain America's widow to start seizing various resources so that she can stand out in that patriarchal society.

But as time goes by, everyone seems to only remember that she is Captain America's widow, but ignores her own efforts.

It’s like a rich second-generation starting a business. No matter how successful he is, everyone’s first reaction is, oh, it’s all thanks to his rich dad.

No one cares about his own abilities.

This made Carter feel very bad, so except for the early days of her business, when she showed up everywhere with this title, she hid herself and seldom mentioned this title to the outside world. Of course, this thing doesn't disappear just because you don't mention it.

Labeling is human nature.

In interpersonal communication, the struggle for subject power is always unavoidable. No one wants to be an object, to be scrutinized and pointed at. "Evaluating others" or "defining others" is a very common behavior of competing for subject power. The party who evaluates puts himself in the position of the subject and puts the other party in the position of "being evaluated and scrutinized". This subtle power game is common in interpersonal communication. For example, people with narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) or narcissists with NPD tendencies have a sense of privilege, so they naturally want to occupy the position of the subject in all interpersonal relationships and regard the other party as an object. For NPD, it is not important whether the "labeling" is correct or not. What is important is that in the process of "labeling" others, they emphasize their own subject status and their hierarchy. In addition, when we face wrong evaluations and a label that does not match ourselves, we often want to prove ourselves involuntarily. But this self-proving behavior invisibly strengthens the subject status of the other party, as if tacitly allowing them to have the right to evaluate us as a subject. Whenever we try to prove ourselves, we admit to a certain extent that we are objects and that the other party can judge us as a subject. Moreover, this self-proving behavior often brings us more negative emotions, because the other party may take this opportunity to further attack our weaknesses. Therefore, when facing these labels, we don’t have to pay too much attention to their specific content, but should delve into the motivations and intentions behind them.

In addition, the reason why Carter was unwilling to mention this identity was relatively simple.

That's how it felt to Steve.

Sometimes, things are just like this. If Captain America had really made it to the dance, the two might have gotten together, or might not...but it would definitely not be so unforgettable. Because of the regret, it is cherished.

Everyone misses their first love, even though everyone’s first love is not always so passionate and beautiful.

But people will beautify their memories, especially the regrets.

The long-awaited dance party, and the bad news that followed.

It directly sublimated the feelings that were nurtured in the war.

It also trapped Carter in it for the rest of his life.

Every time I think of it, it creates ripples, with beauty mixed in with bitterness and nostalgia mixed in with regret.

Every time I think of it, it feels sweet, but also painful.

Just like a wound, if you don’t touch it, it will itch slightly, let alone tearing it open!

It hurts my heart!

Carter doesn't like this identity! He doesn't enjoy this admiration and glory!