"The whole tradition of women bowing to men, my mom found absurd. But she didn't refuse to do it. She overdid it. She made a mockery of it. The other women would bow before men with this polite little curtsy. My mom would go down and cower, groveling in the dirt like she was worshipping a diety, and she'd stay down there for a long time, like a really long time, long enough to make everyone very uncomfortable" ("My Mother's Life" 251-252).
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood by Trevor Noah
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29780253-born-a-crime
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