Designing Women: States Guiding Gender Norms
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It seems like everyone has something to say about how others should conduct themselves. This is most visible recently in states' desire to shape traditional gender roles, values, beliefs, through legislation. We see it in Afghanistan, Iraq, and the United States: laws dictating dress code, curfew, prohibition from activities and areas, and medical procedures. The last bastions of traditional norms refuse to go down without a fight.
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