Of course, there have been unruly women for as long as ther… - Anne Helen Petersen

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Of course, there have been unruly women for as long as there have been boundaries of what constitutes acceptable “feminine” behavior: women who, in some way, step outside the boundaries of good womanhood, who end up being labeled too fat, too loud, too slutty, too whatever characteristic women are supposed to keep under control.

Anne Helen Petersen

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misogyny feminism

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