Nationalism is typically admitted to be a invention of cultural similarities. Whether this invention denotes falsity or simply creation is debatable, but in all events it is admitted that nationalism is an organizational instrument that is always gendered in how it constructs or helps to construct individual identity. This paper deals with the gendering aspects of nationalism, with the ways in which nationalism seeks to both unify a peoples and to divide them into gendered classes. By providing a system of access to social privilage and resources, nationalism often works to the detriment of women while purporting to provide security for the culture it seeks to uphold.
