Women's starvation in the early 20th century.

Women's Hunger Starvation is defined as a state of extreme hunger resulting from the lack of essential nutrients over a prolonged period. Being deprived emotionally, physically, and psychologically by dominating forces are some of the restraints endured by humans, especially women of the nineteenth century. In a male-dominated society, men subjugated the women, who were forced into a life of confinement and limitation. Nora from Henrik Ibsen's play A Doll's House and the narrator from …

…broken away from male supremacy. Apparently, as these women were confined to isolation, their appetites for independence and self-control grew. The eventual goal for women results in self-reliance, and though at times it may come with consequences, the benefits are worth it. During the nineteenth century, men felt that women were fragile and over-stimulation would be a woman's eventual downfall. This idea has been extinguished as women continue to break away from men's control everyday.