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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. | * '''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 of a 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> | ||