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For nearly a thousand years, women in China were subjected to the practice of foot binding. The tradition began more than a thousand years ago during the Song Dynasty and continued into the early 20th century. Young girls’ feet were tightly wrapped, misshaping them over the years to achieve what was perceived as a status symbol and a mark of beauty. The process usually began between the ages of four and nine, and caused pain, infections, and difficulty in walking.

Should Women Register for the Draft? Experts Debate as Trump Administration Challenges Court Ruling
With obstacles to women serving in the military's most dangerous, front-line combat jobs now eliminated, they should be
required to register for the draft, former military leaders told a commission analyzing the U.S. Selective Service System.
I Want a Wife
In this 1970's essay, printed in the inaugural edition of Ms. magazine, Judy Brady speaks to the unfair inequality of roles played by wives and husbands. Exhausted by disparities in chores, the author expresses her feelings of unfairness with tongue-in-cheek humor.
The Yellow Wall Paper
Written by Charlotte Perkins Stetson and first published in January 1892, this story is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature, illustrating the attitudes towards mental and physical health of women in the 19th century.
"Looks Maketh the Man": The Female Gaze and the Construction of Masculinity
The paper examines the influence of the "female gaze" on the construction of masculinity. It attempts to show masculine identity cannot be interpreted separate from the image of men projected by, or perceived to be projected by, women. Using examples from literature, popular culture, and gender theory, the paper argues that men's identities are closely tied to their perceptions of what they think women expect of them.

Kids Believe Gender Stereotypes by Age 10, Global Study Finds

The Declaration of Sentiments
The "Declaration of Sentiments" forthrightly demanded that the rights of women as right-bearing individuals be acknowledged and respected by society.
Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, 1791
The Declaration of the Rights of Woman and the Female Citizen, also known as the Declaration of the Rights of Woman, was written on 5 September in 1791 by French activist, feminist, and playwright Olympe de Gouges in response to the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
The Female Gaze in Lost Highway by David Lynch and The Blind Owl by Sadeq Hedayat
How one ‘Rosie the Riveter’ poster won out over all the others and became a symbol of female empowerment
The poster in question was originally produced in 1943 by the Westinghouse Electric Corporation and displayed in its factories to encourage more women to join the wartime labor force.
ʺNotes on The Cult of Domesticity and True Womanhood,ʺ
Cult of True Womanhood is a term used by historians to describe what they consider to have been a prevailing value system among the upper and middle classes during the 19th Century in the United States and the United Kingdom.
The Problem That Has No Name
Betty Friedan noted the unhappiness of many housewives who were trying to fit this feminine mystique image, and she called the widespread unhappiness “the problem that has no name.”
A Vindication of the Rights of Women
Published in 1792 by Mary Wollstonecraft, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" was the first great feminist treatise.
Women’s Suffrage: The Movement
In May of 1869,Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton formed the National Woman Suffrage Association to discuss and act upon the issue of woman’s rights
Saudi Women Can Drive. But Gender Equality Isn’t Yet "Mainstream."
Last summer, when Sharia Walker got behind the wheel for the first time in Saudi Arabia, the reactions she encountered surprised her.

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