Women's Bodies
What it is about women's bodies which were & still are threatening to the male societal dynamic? Religions have preached about women's bodies with the utmost purpose of controlling the latter. Women's bodies have always be subject to scrutiny by male culture, both religious & secular, particularly in terms of dress & reproductive issues. In many areas of the world, women's bodies are severely controlled by male culture & society. Women were instructed to be "modest" because of the belief that the female body was somehow threatening to the male aesthetic. Women's sexuality is a highly contentious subject in the male purview, especially the liberalization of gender & sexual roles for women. There are men who want to be dominant regarding roles & believe that women should be either in the subordinate role or silent. What it is about women's bodies that are threatening, unnerving, & even immobilizing to men?
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