Gender Roles In Nazi Germany

The attitudes of the Nazi government about gender & sexuality to the attitudes were parallel to the idea of middle class Americans in1950’s. They both contained the concept that women actions were only for the benefit of men. After reading articles from various sources, it has been proved that both group of individuals held men up on a pedestal. The Nazi’s were quite interesting when it came down to gender relations & sexuality. They believed that the women served a completely different role than the men in society. "We do not see the woman as inferior, but as having a different mission, a different value, than that of the man. Therefore we believed the German woman, who more than any other in the world is a woman in the best sense of the

On 12th January 1934, Wilhelm Frick ordered that the proportion of female grammar school graduates allowed to proceed to university should be no more than 10 per cent of that of the male graduates. That year, out of 10,000 girls who passed the Abitur entry examinations, only 1,500 were granted university admission. In the year before the Nazis came to power there were 18,315 women students in Germany's universities (Women in Nazi Germany). Much like the Nazi government, Americans in the 1950’s thought the same. According to an article, for one to be able to thrive being wife and having a career would be a miracle. The first reasoning for this theory was that with two spouses having careers it would cause everything such as responsibilities to pile up at home and two people would need encouragement instead of one, therefore their needs would not be alternating, but being needed to be met at the same time. Also, when house duties aren’t met, the husband will start to feel mistreated or even abused (You Can't Have a Career and Be a Good

Another article went on to give a list of “what every woman should know” or tips on how to please a man. The article says that a woman should know that men like black satin and well cut tweeds. Additionally, that they don’t like for women to be obviously made-up and that men are enraptured by perfume so choose a perfume that fits you (What Every Woman Knows by Now).

The Nazi’s were not fond of homosexuality. During the Holocaust it was stated that the gay men were the “forgotten victims” because it is almost like they were erased from that age in history. They were not acknowledged as victims of Nazi persecution, and reparations were refused. The men that were arrested as homosexual were not shipped off to Nazi ghettos. The homosexuals weren’t even thought of as victims of Nazi persecution. Even when traced back by research their history was erased. The history of the homosexuals was obstructed by social stigmatization (Homosexual: Victims of the