Rengali Maiden

2003, Pencil

Pretty much the only nice thing to come out of my entire Psycology of Gender class. I was doing a research project on body modification, and got the outlines of a culture instead.

Rengali maidens are women who undergo body modification in order to gain the rights and privilages that their society gives to men. The most extreme starts at a very young age when they begin wearing a metal "spine" that is corseted to their backs. This forces a vertical posture while sliming the waist and emphasizing the hips.