"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. On the other hand, women may perceive their bodies as too fat, too thin. painful during menstruation, or vulnerable to sexual abuse."
This was the perfect opening statement. It caught my attention right away and instantly allowed me to connect with the piece from the beginning. Too often women devalue their bodies because we are so often devalued by others around us, especially men. Our bodies endure a lot more than men do, for the most part. A lot of the time we forget how much our bodies can do as women and how special the body of a woman is. Each and every female in today's society has at least one physical characteristic of themselves that they can't stand. We each need to remember how special being a woman is. Men will never understand but I think that is what makes it even better. As long as we value ourselves through all of the processes our bodies' experiences, then that's all that matters.
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