No, not always. Just look around and you will see that women also crossdress and society has become more accustomed to it over the past few decades. It wasn't that long ago that you wouldn't see a woman out in public unless she was wearing a dress.
Yet now you often see a woman going to the office wearing pin stripped suit and flats or wearing a t-shirt, jeans, a tool belt and work boots on a job site. So in a way, the woman's desire to express herself in a historically masculine masculine way, is not much different than the man's desire to express himself in a feminine way. And yes, society is more accepting than expected as we have found out first hand!
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.