"They're brought to Rome to receive prizes if they have more children than anyone else in their province."
~ A. Wingenter
"What happens to women's rights when democracy backslides" | On Point
https://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2022/04/26/women-fascists-democracy-backslides-abortion-rights
"Anne Wingenter: 'The thing about fascism is that it's a really contradictory experience for women. ... If you're looking at it from the top down, the picture is very simple. We know exactly what the fascists wanted from women, and they never tired of saying it. What's really complicated is trying to understand from the bottom up.''That is, how did women experience those policies? Because at the same time, they're being told, Go home and have children, so that we can build the army of the future, or expand colonially or for whatever reason. But at the same time, they're being mobilized to come to rallies. They have roles in public parades.'
'They're brought to Rome to receive prizes if they have more children than anyone else in their province. So there is this kind of push pull between this idea of a traditional place that they have to stay, but also this recognition, this place in the public sphere. And so women experience that in really contradictory ways.'"
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