Cut-throat razor with box Gender and life cycle: marriage Family and relationships Gender roles Until well into the 20th century, the cut-throat razor was a grooming item that was used, among other things, to enable men to attend the dances held in the town square...
Televisor Emerson Gender roles Gender identity Gender and history Like other forms of mass media in the second half of the 20th century, television was a tool used by the Franco dictatorship to shape public opinion and the way of life of its citizenry....
Passementerie loom with Jacquard machines Gender roles Sexual division of labour Gender and social class In the 19th century, the association between sewing and femininity was reinforced: the ideal woman, angel of the home, was supposed to know how to sew, not to...
Tile mural Gender and history Gender roles Donated by the Museo Nacional de Cerámica y Artes Suntuarias González Martí, this tile mural is likely a reference to an episode from the First Carlist War (1833-1840), waged on Valencian soil. In it, we can see various...
Wartime Poster by Rafael de Penagos Gender roles Gender and history Gender stereotypes: public / domestic Housed at the Museu d’Història de València, this propaganda poster was commissioned by the Spanish Army Jefatura de Sanidad (Department of Health). The artist was...
