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Women during the time that A Visit from the Footbinder was written were willing to accept pain to fulfill society’s concept of beauty and to keep their position in society. Women’s role in this society was one in which they lacked any sense of power and they ....

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.... women had no rights. That is why the fathers had to decide on a dowry to marry off their daughters. Economically, men fulfill the “important” roles while women work “behind the scenes,” raising children and taking care of the household. These “simple” jobs that women perform cause them to be dependent on men, and relegate them into a subordinate position. Society’s attitude of women being weak and dependent, while men are strong and in control, stems from the roles they are obligated to fulfill. Women are restricted to these roles because the idea of what a “good” woman or man should be becomes so ingrained into the culture. S ....