Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints.

Naomi Wolf
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as...
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as...
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as...
Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as...
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Western women have been controlled by ideals and stereotypes as much as by material constraints. Western women grew up in an environment where their clothes, purse and hair were getting in the way of their lives like a heavy backpack. It is time that we stop living in our traditional clothes. We no longer need to be quiet and docile when we are out with men; we shouldn’t be afraid when we go out alone.

We don’t need to always ask permission from a man to do something even if it is a simple thing. It is our right to decide how we look, who we decide to spend our money with and what kind of men we decide to get close to.

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