So I read this in one of my course books. The class is Chicano/Latino Studies. I found this piece to be very interesting to say the least. After The Vagina Monologues, it just disgusts me.
Under such patriarchal constraints, the body is regarded as a map: its transgressions can be read by others, and it becomes a source of betrayal if women do not control how they move or display themselves in public. Simultaneously, women's bodies are viewed as uncontrollable, subject to the whims of passion or provoking male reactions. Therefore, women's bodies should be policed and their reputations guarded.
-Patricia Zavella
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