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* '''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 all non prostitute women secluded 24/7, apart from lower class women, who were permitted to leave their houses (often with a male chaperone) to attend to chores like drawing water (apart from the more feminist Spartans, who permitted their women much greater freedom of movement). | * '''The ancient Greeks''' kept all non prostitute women secluded 24/7, apart from lower class women, who were permitted to leave their houses (often with a male chaperone) to attend to chores like drawing water (apart from the more feminist Spartans, who permitted their women much greater freedom of movement). | ||
* '''Impractical fashion''': Women's fashion is in many cultures a lot more impractical than men's, e.g. on finger nails, high heels, large dresses. Much of this serves to [[whoring|arouse attention]] from men, but it also expresses a high dependence on and submission to men who have to take care of all the things that the fashion prevents women from doing. | |||
== Tantrums, shit tests and nastiness == | == Tantrums, shit tests and nastiness == | ||