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Regional differences in the perception of feminine beauty and body shape

Throughout history, people, especially women, have tried to change their bodies to conform to the specific era’s image of beauty. For example, tightlacing was practised by western women to artificially get a smaller waistline, Burmese women wore brass neck rings to artificially lengthen the neck, and Chinese women practised the custom of foot binding to …

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4 Reasons Why Financial Independence Matters

Culture, Society / By Shakila

For centuries, traditional beliefs on gender roles dictated what a woman’s life looked like. A woman’s life revolved around staying at home cooking, cleaning, and raising children. A man’s job was to work outside, take care of the finances, and build. In present day, this traditional division of responsibility has faded as many women have …

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Taboo Talk: Menstruation, Religion, and Exclusion

Culture / By Shakila

Throughout history, some of the major religions have excluded women in one way or the other from religious spaces when they menstruate and attached it to the notion of “impurity.”[1] Recently, I was watching a documentary on Netflix about the stigmatization of menstruation in India. In the documentary, there is a young Hindu woman named …

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Regional differences in the perception of feminine beauty and body shape

4 Reasons Why Financial Independence Matters

Taboo Talk: Menstruation, Religion, and Exclusion

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