Trusted, Automoderated users
17,538
edits
Female subordination: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
→Cross-cultural evidence female subordination
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
One sees women to be heavily controlled and sequestered away in many higher cultures. | One sees women to be heavily controlled and sequestered away in many higher cultures. | ||
* ''' | * '''Japan''': In Japan, women are encouraged to act in a cute way ([[kawaii]]), e.g. to keep a short, childlike gait and to smile a lot. | ||
* '''Middle East''': Purdah is a very salient contemporary example of female subordination, referring to the practice in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from men or strangers, especially by means headscarf, curtain or veil. | * '''Middle East''': Purdah is a very salient contemporary example of female subordination, referring to the practice in certain Muslim and Hindu societies of screening women from men or strangers, especially by means headscarf, curtain or veil. | ||
* '''Chinese foot binding''' was a painful practice that significantly and permanently limited the mobility of women. By the 19th century, 40–50% of all Chinese women may have had bound feet, almost 100% among upper-class Chinese women.<ref>https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513810000279</ref> | * '''Chinese foot binding''' was a painful practice that significantly and permanently limited the mobility of women. By the 19th century, 40–50% of all Chinese women may have had bound feet, almost 100% among upper-class Chinese women.<ref>https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=8966942</ref><ref>https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513810000279</ref> | ||