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The Voice of the Zamorin: Why do Women in Mauritania force feed their daughters to find a good husband?
According to popular conception, Western beauty standards (especially for women) have fluctuated between fat and thin because those physical traits have been correlated with wealth. Is this true from a historical perspective? -
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