“Careers and higher education are leading to the masculinization of women, with enormously dangerous consequences to the home, the children, and our country. When our boys come home from war, what kind of girls will they be coming home to?” This quote is taken from the film A League of Their Own when a woman on the radio, Maida Gillespie, is disgusted with what is happening to the “role” of women in America. However, its not only her that is appalled at what is happening, but also most of American society at the time. Women were used to staying in the home to take care of the children, cook and clean, and that is how society thought of them. Then with the men being away at war, women have to step up their roles in society and this caused for
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Because the owners did not want any “sexual confusion” or “masculine girls,” the players had rules. These rules required them to wear short, tight dresses for their uniforms, attend charm and beauty schools, have a chaperone, and which did not allow them to smoke, drink, or have men. They were implemented all so they looked and acted as appropriate, society approved ladies. In addition, the Diamond Girls even made videos of themselves putting makeup on on the field and acting lady-like to show that they could still be “ladies” while playing a man’s sport. At first the crowds were small and people would yell degrading things at the players, so there was no real money being made. Then the girls turned the game into a performance. They would play more dramatically, like doing the splits when they caught the ball, to attract bigger crowds and it worked. The game became wildly popular as a distraction for people while the men were away at war. Everyone knew it would not last once the men returned from war, and the league quickly dispersed. However, the Baseball Hall of Fame museum opened an exhibit for the women’s league in November of 1988 to forever remember their legacy. This film displayed an accurate image of women and society in the mid 20th Century. Women were not respected as fully as men, and this image of them restricted them from getting to do some of the things they would’ve loved to do. This league allowed for them to give themselves a chance in following their own dreams and proved a point to society at the same
Because the owners did not want any “sexual confusion” or “masculine girls,” the players had rules. These rules required them to wear short, tight dresses for their uniforms, attend charm and beauty schools, have a chaperone, and which did not allow them to smoke, drink, or have men. They were implemented all so they looked and acted as appropriate, society approved ladies. In addition, the Diamond Girls even made videos of themselves putting makeup on on the field and acting lady-like to show that they could still be “ladies” while playing a man’s sport. At first the crowds were small and people would yell degrading things at the players, so there was no real money being made. Then the girls turned the game into a performance. They would play more dramatically, like doing the splits when they caught the ball, to attract bigger crowds and it worked. The game became wildly popular as a distraction for people while the men were away at war. Everyone knew it would not last once the men returned from war, and the league quickly dispersed. However, the Baseball Hall of Fame museum opened an exhibit for the women’s league in November of 1988 to forever remember their legacy. This film displayed an accurate image of women and society in the mid 20th Century. Women were not respected as fully as men, and this image of them restricted them from getting to do some of the things they would’ve loved to do. This league allowed for them to give themselves a chance in following their own dreams and proved a point to society at the same