Physical Features Of Gender Exaggeration Used By Women In Western Culture

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1. One of the physical feature that distinguishes a male from a female is the neck. Females have longer and slender necks and is a feminine feature. Another physical feature that distinguishes a male from a female is small feet. Females tend to have small feet, to a woman having small feet means having a super feminine foot and this gave her a higher status. In Western cultures for example females wearing high heels makes them more vulnerable increases the protective instincts of males.
2. Gender exaggeration is when a culture focuses on a specific feature. An example of gender exaggeration used by women is women from the Surna and mercy tribes that have the largest lips. When women are young, their lip is cut and a small plate is placed

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