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25 Insane Human Practices That Prove History Was Terrifying from list25 25 insane practices from history – tradition isn’t always worth preservation Wow. Some of these practices from the pages of history are barbaric, disgusting, and downright strange. Basil the Bulgarian blinding Byzantine emperor, the use of urine to clean clothing, burning cats in France, […]

China’s ‘Left Over’ Women

January 22, 2013
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Single women over the age of 27 in the People’s Republic of China are called ‘left over women’ or ‘sheng nu,’ a derogatory term meant to chide women into ceding independence for marriage. Social expectations on women to get married have made it a social stigma for Chinese women to be independent and unmarried past […]

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