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Flappers They were called flappers.
They were called flappers
In the 1920s, flappers broke away from the Victorian image of womanhood. They smoked, drove the car, chopped their hair, dropped layers of clothing to increase ease of movement while dancing to Jazz, wore make-up, created the concept of dating, and became a sexual person.
In the 1920s, flappers broke away from the Victorian image of womanhood. They smoked, drove the car, chopped their hair, dropped layers of clothing to increase ease of movement while dancing to Jazz, wore make-up, created the concept of dating, and became a sexual person.
Flappers
A young woman in the 1920s was often referred to as a "flapper." This term was used to describe fashionable, independent women who challenged societal norms through their attire, behavior, and attitudes. Flappers were known for their bobbed hair, short skirts, and rebellious spirit.
"Flapper" originally was a slang word to indicate a prostitute. In the 1920's, the word came to indicate a modern, free-thinking and outgoing young woman with "bobbed" (short) hair and wearing the modern short dresses of the era.
Young women with University or College education were called blue stockings. Girls who partied, danced, drove cars etc.were bright young things or flappers.
The term demographers use to describe the number of children women are capable of bearing is "fertility." It refers to the potential for reproduction and is often measured by the average number of children born to women of childbearing age in a population.
Gender stratification
Gender stratification
It began in the 1920's. The term referres to young women who wore short skirts, bobbed their hair, listened to the new Jazz music, and flaunted their disdain for what was then considered acceptable behavior. The flappers were seen as brash for wearing excessive makeup, drinking, treating sex in a casual manner, smoking, driving automobiles, and otherwise flouting conventional social and sexual norms.