New Delhi, March 21 -- Would you like to write about women's rage?" My first thought is an embarrassed, "Has she really noticed how angry I get?" Embarrassed for the very reason this article is being commissioned-good girls don't get angry. "Behave yourself!" hissed through a parent's gritted teeth. "Don't be vehement." "Don't lose your temper." And when all that good behaviour causes an explosion, "Don't slam doors." I have been angry all my life and extraordinarily well-behaved about it-mostly, as visible to strangers' eyes. So yes, thank you, I would like to write about women's rage. Like foot-binding, once practised on little Chinese girls, emotion-binding is practised on little girls everywhere.

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