Thought you guys might like this magnet I found.

firex726 · 2013-07-15T15:20:46+00:00

Fun Fact, the woman in that poster (Geraldine Doyle), only worked for a short time at the factory due to the dangerous conditions; she feared a hand injury that would impact her playing the Cello.

Also it was never meant as a recruiting tool, it was only displayed for like two weeks to internal employees of the Westinghouse company; Doyle actually did not even know she had been used as the model, till after it became famous decades later.

It wasn't till it was rediscovered in the 80's that it became a Feminist/Women's liberation icon.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Doyle

lamamafia · 2013-07-16T00:12:35+00:00

I always thought that the "We Can Do It" symbol being used only many years after it was posted was a shame. Women working in factories during WW2 was a great achievement and the beginning to the path to equality. At the time, it was a great achievement.

I don't know why so many people on this thread are hating on it. Even if I think modern-feminism is going in crazy directions and diverging from its original goal (equality), the women weren't in such a great position back in the days.

Pups_the_Jew · 2013-07-15T18:44:17+00:00

Didn't the original essentially mean "We can do it, too"?

factorygrrrl · 2013-07-16T02:00:37+00:00

I think the whole Rosie the Riveter thing needs to be taken with a big dose of historical context. It was never meant to be anti-man; it ended up becoming an encouragement to women during the war, who found themselves doing work that most women had previously never done. Seriously, in a culture that tells you as a woman that you shouldn't worry your pretty head about this or that, when you find yourself welding airplanes and keeping your society afloat while most of your young men are away at war, something like this would go a long way.

It's too bad it got taken over the way it did. The original meaning of it was, in my opinion, pretty great.

PS, have any of you guys seen Canada's version? She was named Veronica Foster, and was known as Ronnie the Bren Gun Girl. Totally more of a badass than Rosie the Riveter. Just sayin'. ; ) (I also didn't know she existed until three minutes ago, which is why I edited my post!)

VOICE_OF_REASONING · 2013-07-15T23:24:20+00:00

More like "We do it"

RoiDMatriarch · 2013-07-16T01:47:59+00:00

Guy doesn't even lift

2013-07-16T04:15:22+00:00

No one ever said a man couldn't do it.

Darksider123 · 2013-07-15T23:55:04+00:00

"We've been doing it for a long time"

2013-07-15T21:16:32+00:00

I think the slogan on the men's should be, "We have always done it"

megthaman · 2013-07-15T23:32:16+00:00

the female version exists only because it was used as propaganda so women would take action and help throughout the country during WWII (possibly WWI) when all the men left the country to fight

Geno777 · 2013-07-16T03:35:39+00:00

Here's the back story behind that iconic feminist symbol, Rosie the Riveter:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8ic9esAdjU&list=PLC3C2E655E388CEE0&index=83

factorygrrrl · 2013-07-16T13:59:33+00:00

HOw do they work?

2013-07-16T00:34:27+00:00

"Already did it!"

roharareddit · 2013-07-15T20:12:17+00:00

I would like to see a comparison say: "We can do it" opposite "Good, then do it for yourselves and while you are at it do it for us like we have been doing it for you the past 100,000 years."

saoran · 2013-07-15T13:35:29+00:00

yeah i think this is better suited in /r/funny

Drogo-Targaryen-2012 · 2013-07-16T00:36:28+00:00

I want one of her holding up a jar with a frown where it says "I couldn't do it, can you?"

Vahnya · 2013-07-15T14:23:50+00:00

The second one should say:

"We Did It First, Continue To Do It, And Do It Better, While You Demand Special Treatment."

2013-07-15T19:05:29+00:00

The Feminist meme of "we can do it" should really be re-labelled "you can do it... you can do it under our mandate, and with your money".

Mytecacc · 2013-07-15T13:27:50+00:00

We would like feminist propaganda?

2013-07-15T18:36:55+00:00

Shut up and take my money!

Honztastic · 2013-07-15T22:37:35+00:00

More like "We did it first! And better!"

Title	Thought you guys might like this magnet I found.
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Date	July 15, 2013 1:14 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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