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The historical and religious documentation, which many people currently follow, is a combination of history and legend, and defines woman as the part that was taken from the man’s ribs (Eve from Adam). This gives us then idea that she’s imperfect, completed by a man, defective and flawed. For a man is already complete, doesn’t need a woman and his one word is perfection.

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Sharawi, H. (2017). The Weird Creature. In: Women between Submission and Freedom. Transgressions: Cultural Studies and Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-071-4_5

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6351-071-4_5

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