Body Quote

I chose the same quote as Maelia for this section and would like to continue off of her explanation, "Many women feel ambivalent about their bodies. In significant ways women's bodies are a source of empowerment: They create life, give birth, work out, express sensuality and sexuality" (page 375). It really spoke to me in the fact that women have so much to offer, and so much power in their body. Granted neither sex can live without the other, however, it is a woman's body that carries a child for 9 months and then gives birth. Men don't often realize just how strong the female body is. In response to Maelia's post, I also wonder how women haven't already had the power throughout the years. If it was a woman who brought you into this world and raised you, how wouldn't a man think of a woman as one of authority?