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* '''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. | * '''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 of a 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> | ||
* '''The ancient Greeks''' kept their women locked up 24/7 (apart from the more feminist Spartans). | * '''The ancient Greeks''' kept their women locked up 24/7 (apart from the more feminist Spartans). | ||