Photograph game
The idea came from complaints on historical inaccuracy when a female is seen in uniform on photos of reenactments of different periods (Medieval, Napoleonic, Civil war, etc).
Now, I am not talking about females that are distinctly female - wearing makeup, jewelery, long hair flowing in the wind, dyed bright red, allowing no doubt that they indeed also have a bosom, in short making no attempts at appearing as their 'present role'. I rather mean complaints about those, who have tried their best to conceal what they are and be one of the boys and yet someone will be there to complain, that with their 'modern eye', he or she sees a woman in the ranks.
While we could say that there is evidence of women serving in ranks pretending to be boys, and begin the long article about it, this time I decided to just play a game that challenges our 'modern eyes' and expectations on how to spot one, with how people looked in the past. I am not going to go too far back. Just the civil war with its photographs so that one might not challenge, that the look is due to the artist more than the person itself.
I might sneak a few females in uniform photos from that period onto the list as well or I might not. Without cheating, you may take a guess on who is or who is not a female and how many there are if there are any.
The photos will be below the cut here:
Have fun!
( Photographs in this direction )
All the photographs belong to their owners, links to photographs are still available.
Now, I am not talking about females that are distinctly female - wearing makeup, jewelery, long hair flowing in the wind, dyed bright red, allowing no doubt that they indeed also have a bosom, in short making no attempts at appearing as their 'present role'. I rather mean complaints about those, who have tried their best to conceal what they are and be one of the boys and yet someone will be there to complain, that with their 'modern eye', he or she sees a woman in the ranks.
While we could say that there is evidence of women serving in ranks pretending to be boys, and begin the long article about it, this time I decided to just play a game that challenges our 'modern eyes' and expectations on how to spot one, with how people looked in the past. I am not going to go too far back. Just the civil war with its photographs so that one might not challenge, that the look is due to the artist more than the person itself.
I might sneak a few females in uniform photos from that period onto the list as well or I might not. Without cheating, you may take a guess on who is or who is not a female and how many there are if there are any.
The photos will be below the cut here:
Have fun!
( Photographs in this direction )
All the photographs belong to their owners, links to photographs are still available.