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S2 E5:   'Men Dodge Bullets, Girls Dodge Men'

S2 E5: 'Men Dodge Bullets, Girls Dodge Men'

FromBad Women: The Blackout Ripper


S2 E5: 'Men Dodge Bullets, Girls Dodge Men'

FromBad Women: The Blackout Ripper

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Length:
42 minutes
Released:
Nov 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

The Blackout Ripper wasn't the only serviceman attacking women in World War Two. In cities, towns and villages women were being harassed and abused by men in the military - and the women who chose to join the armed forces weren't immune from such treatment.
Those women who signed up for the army, navy or air force to fight Hitler were dogged by crude insinuations that they were promiscuous - especially if they went to dances and drank alcohol. When these servicewomen were stalked, raped or murdered, the official response was often a dismal exercise in victim blaming. 
Sources:  
Dunlop, Dr Tessa. 'Army Girls: The Secrets and Stories of Military Service from the Final Few Women who Fought in World War II.' 2021 Headline Publishing Group. 
Owtram, Jean and Patricia 'Codebreaking Sisters: Our Secret War.' 2020 Mirror Books. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Released:
Nov 1, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (18)

It’s a cold case like no other. In the fall of 1888, five women were brutally murdered in the slums of London. The attacks were so violent that the killer earned a nickname - Jack the Ripper. But everything you think you know about Jack and those murdered women is wrong. Historian Hallie Rubenhold uncovers new facts about the five victims - revealing the appalling treatment they faced as women in the 1880s, and completely overturning the accepted Ripper story.