The Korean War and the Battle of the Sexes

Straight up, I know next to nothing about the Korean War. I mean, really? I guess that makes me a bad historian. But then I also guess it's a good thing I'm an English major, then ;)

...moving along.

The Korean War, mentioned in Anna's clippings, arose amidst the Cold War. A result of North Korea invading South Korea, the UN were alerted to arms to try and stop the fighting. I feel like I could go into some serious detail here, but I'm going to leave it at that simple summary.

I hope you guys laughed out loud at this image like I did when it popped up on my "Battle of the Sexes" Google search. But as hilarious as this poorly manipulated photo is, I feel that this image of the "Battle of the Sexes" is absolutely, positively relevant to The Golden Notebook. I'm a little hung up on the notion of "free women" and what that exactly entails, but I see it enforced as the novel moves along. There seems to be with every turn of the page, a subtle (or sometimes not-so-subtle) stab at maleness in juxtaposition with womanhood. Again, it's something I feel I could write a whole lot more on, but I am going to save my thoughts for our presentation on Thursday. See you then team EBF!