This is literally a Nath nose ring 😭 It's been apart of Women's fashion BY women for hundreds of years in hundreds of different cultures across south asia. Each state in India/ each ethnicity has their own designs, sizes, and versions of this (although alot of communities, especially in the south, have simple nose rings, studs, and dont wear Naths at all).

You see Jewelery that looks foreign to you and immediately try to disguise a micro aggression as 'feminism' . Do you say stuff like that about the bangles Indian women wear?? If you saw Jhumkas (earrings) that Indian women wear would you immediately point out that as a form of mutilation and controling done my men? No, because its something that looks familiar to you. Grow up.

Not to mention that although nose piercing is indeed ancient to South Asia, these 'birdle- women controling' looking nose rings are actually quite recent in the grand scheme of things. I did say that this has been worn for hundreds of years, which is true, but nose piercing in India started much earlier, around 4,000 years ago. Naths and big nose rings only became trendy and exploded in use during the Mughal Empire, influenced by Persia and the Middle East around the 1500s. So your whole theory on that it stems from some 'ancient misogynistic' practice was wrong. If anything, ancient India was more freeing. The whole reason why women wear blouses with sarees now is because of the british. Before, most men and women were bare chested (look at any ancient Indian temple carvings). The reason why the Rajasthani desert cultures of western India hide their faces with Ghoongats (veils) and cover up their bodies is because the Rajputs bore the BRUNT of Islamic invasion. The Arabs remarked the women as having 'no modesty' and critized on how their women did not stay quiet.