Hitler considered that men and women belonged to two different world.Explain.
Hitler did not believe in equality between men and women. He thought the fight for equal rights for men and women which became part of democratic struggles was wrong as it would destroy the society. His beliefs can be described in the following way:
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While boys were taught to be aggressive, masculine and iron-hearted, girls were taught to become good mothers and rear pure-blooded Aryan children.
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Girls had to maintain the purity of the race, distance themselves from Jews, look after the home and teach their children Nazi values.
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Women who bore racially undesirable children were punished and those who produced racially desirable children were awarded.
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The women who maintained contact with the Jews, Poles or Russians were severely punished.
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Boys on the other hand, learnt to worship war, glorify aggression and violence, condemn democracy and hate Jews and Communists. At the age of 18, they had to serve in the armed forces and enter one of the Nazi organisations.