11/30/2023 0 Comments World in conflict soviet assault cast![]() ![]() Massive mobilization efforts saw millions of Soviet soldiers join the war, both men and women. The Soviet Union’s entrance into World War II in June 1941 was precipitated by the launching of the Nazi’s Operation Barbarossa, a betrayal of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, which had ensured non-aggression. The girlhood identity was premised on denial, most significantly the denial that created a degree of separation from the women who faced sexual assault and those who did not. They resisted through their refusal in the post-war era to allow their service to be forgotten. Women compromised the entirety of their selves in accepting the girlhood identity, minimizing themselves to the status of children for a modicum of respect. This paper argues that the identity created by female soldiers was one of compromise, resistance, and denial. Consequentially, the abuse perpetrated by men became erased and the women whom it was committed against faced a double victimization, in which the women they served with casted them out. This served the purpose of casting themselves as asexual, demanding their chastity be respected by men, and, as such, upon their return, they sought to bring respect to female soldiers. The girlhood identity sought to de-sex female soldiers, placing their fighting capabilities at the centre of their identity. Out of this was born female soldiers’ identification with girlhood, starkly contrasted against the image of the oversexualized frontline female soldier, who traded sex for special privileges. Despite the equality proclaimed by the state, women experienced sexism in a multitude of forms, including sexual assault, necessitating the creation of a unique wartime identity as a means of defending themselves. Unlike most other nations, women fought alongside men in combatant positions. ![]() ![]() For citizens of the Soviet Union, like most other nations, defending their territory was an issue of patriotism, in which all citizens were indebted to sacrifice themselves. World War II was marked by the violent acquisition of land, shaping, and re-shaping of territories and populations both in its immediacy and aftermath. ![]()
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