- dull, listless, lifeless females
- usually blue-eyed icy-blondes (proportionately not so many, in reality)
This image propagated at the time because women were confined to the three Ks: Kinder, Kirche, Küche: children, church, kitchen - Louise's very universe!
Women received the right to vote in 1919 in Germany, but their emancipation has been particularly difficult; even today, a woman must choose between career and children because of the faulty tax system that offers no child support. 60% of new mothers never return to their old job, and many prefer to work part-time. German men are not supportive, only 20% (in our time!!!) admitting they help with child-rearing.
pic: classical German beauty Marlene Dietrich; although later than the play's era, she represents the ideal German woman.
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