“That doesn’t mean you were boring, ma p’tite. Just bored. Most women are bored, because being female is boring. We only get married because it’s something to do, and then we have children and find out babies are the only thing more boring than other women.”
One reason I keep writing about women in war-time is that wars give women opportunities. Whether it's landing a job that might otherwise go to a man, or quite literally getting the chance to join the fight as Lili & Eve do, war opens doors for women to leave the home, the kitchen, the nursery, and find something new. For many women gnashing their teeth in frustration at their lack of options in peacetime, these opportunities were a godsend—but can such women hang onto these opportunities when the war is over, or do those doors swing shut in their faces again?
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Ruth Rotkowitz
