Or ask whether a woman’s head and a man’s head are really the same. A woman’s waist and a man’s waist are really the same. Why does a woman’s head have to be high and erect with that flamboyant, wind-defying bun? Why does a woman’s waist have to be tightly bound with that muddy, dragging skirt? I say, women are inherently sinners; tall hair and long skirts are the tools of punishment imposed on them by men. And the face powder is just makeup. The jewelry on the hands is shackles. Pierced ears and bound feet are corporal punishments. Schools and families are prisons. The pain is unvoiced. The confinement is unspoken. Ask how to escape this sin? I say, only by rising up the women’s revolutionary army. — Mao Zedong