Women went through many hardships during the Holocaust, but many were no different from those that men went through. It would be inaccurate to say that women and men experienced exactly the same things. Even though they experienced many similar things, women were treated slightly differently because of their gender. At the start of the war, everything was very gender specific. Everyone followed traditional gender roles where men financially supported the family and women took care of the children and household chores. This affected women's ability to have non-Jewish colleagues, close friends, or families to protect them because they did not venture out into the world. Many believed that the Germans would not harm women and therefore did not provide means of escape for women and girls. Women, however, had certain advantages over men. Their care and housekeeping skills helped them throughout the war, especially in the early days of the ghetto. Neither sex had more advantages than the other. Only certain things helped them. Women were not likely to be harassed, arrested or imprisoned when the war began. As the war progressed, women were soon subjected to the same level of torture. Germans were generally not allowed to sexually assault Jewish women because they considered them inferior to them, but many did not follow this particular rule. Women were humiliated in the streets and forced to perform dirty tasks on a regular basis. They were often subjected to gender-specific tasks, such as undressing in front of German officers. Despite this type of harassment, it was generally only after the liquidation of the ghettos that women and children were subjected to extreme violence and brutality that left even experienced ghetto chr...... middle paper...... n according to the Nazi racist hierarchy or their religious and political affiliations which made them targets, not their gender. (2013, section Women during the Holocaust). Works Cited “Women during the Holocaust.” United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. United States Holocaust Memorial Council, June 10, 2013. Web. March 19, 2014. Ofer, Dalia and Lenore J. Weitzman. "Women in the Holocaust | Jewish Women's Archives." Women in the Holocaust | Archives of Jewish Women. Np, and Web. March 21, 2014. Ravitz, Jessica. “Silence lifted: the untold stories of rape during the Holocaust.” » CNN. Cable News Network, June 24, 2011. Web. March 20, 2014. Kershner, Isabel. “The role of women in the Holocaust can transcend old notions.” The New York Times. The New York Times, July 17, 2010. Web. March 21, 2014.Weitzman, Lenore and Dalia Ofer. Women in the Holocaust. Yale University Express, 1999. E-book.