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Susan Bordo's 'The Body And The Reproduction Of Femininity'

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Introduction “The Body and the Reproduction of Femininity” from Unbearable Weight: Feminism, Western Culture and the Body by Susan Bordo (1993) introduces the discourses around the female body, and the different perspectives that influence this body. She goes on to explain that the body is a medium for culture, from which contemporary societies can replicate itself. In addition, Bordo (1993) provides continuous insight on how women have changed throughout the years to be more within societies norms, and how they have transformed so much to manage their bodies to becoming desirable within the culture. Throughout this essay, I will be explaining how women have for centuries, used there bodies as a means to rebel against these norms that have been placed upon them, such as being a typical housewife. For years, women have been discriminated against and unable to speak their opinion. Within this essay, I will describe how women have used their bodies as a way of speaking out against political discourses and stereotypes that have been developed since the beginning of humanity. Summary …show more content…

The theories add on to state that females start to feel that they are not good enough to fit within societies standards, so they are constantly seeking different methods to change their bodies, and, according to Bordo (1993), women are managing their bodies now more than ever

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