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The history of the myriad painful fads women have subjected themselves to over the years--iron maidens, rubber girdles, breast binding--may help remind viewers what all that '60s bra-burning was about.
To the right is the Kaguraden, a hall where ceremonial dances are performed to honor the gods — and where, for a modest fee, couples can have Shinto wedding ceremonies performed, complete with flutes and drums and shrine maidens to attend them.
When his women unexpectedly wake up, like Galatea in his "Pygmalion" series or the spurned lover emerging from the almond tree in (1881-82, Merseyside), it's often disconcerting, and the men look as though they should have let sleeping maidens lie.
Disney's animation studio rebounds from a series of disappointments ( Pocahontas , Hercules ) with a feature based on a Chinese legend about a cross-dressing female warrior, winning praise for featuring a proto-feminist heroine instead of its usual submissive maidens.
In the story of Briar Rose (or Sleeping Beauty) he found a perfect theme, with knights and maidens and kings and queens all asleep amid the flourishing underbrush.