Writing Bodies/Bodies Writing

p. 376 "For many women writing the body, pleasure is impossible until sexual violation and its aftermath have been painfully inscribed. The hurt and rage caused by rape, incest, and sexual abuse enflame many woman's writings, as do issues of anorexia, bulimia, and other forms of bodily denial. Some women have felt compelled to conceal sexual violence even as their writing exposes it."

When I read this I thought that perhaps many women aren't sure how to write or what to write about when talking about there own bodies until something tragic happens and then they see what there bodies truly mean. When something such as horrible as sexual abuse occurs some women have no other way to talk about it then in there writing. They can't get away from what happened but might not want to tell anyone so they write, or some get an eating disorder because they feel they have to change themselves. It's horrible that this happens to many women and that they can't write about the body until something like this happens.