...women's bodies are

“ ...women's bodies are "inferiorised, stigmatized . . . within an overarching patriarchal ideology.For example, biologically and physiologically, women's bodies are seen as both disgusting in their natural state and inferior to men's'' (2001, p. 141). ”

Sheila Jeffreys
  • From : Beauty and Misogyny: Harmful Cultural Practices in the West
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