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* '''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. | * '''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. | ||
* '''Literary tropes about female disobedience''': The very story of Adam and Eve is an example of this, , basically putting pressure on women to behave and be controllable, presumably with the ultimate goal to assure paternity.<ref>https://www.pnas.org/content/109/25/9781</ref> | |||
== Tantrums, shit tests and nastiness == | == Tantrums, shit tests and nastiness == | ||