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      You
      say
      what?!?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Or:
      What
      the
      hell
      is
      womanhood
      anyway?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      6
      hese
      are
      very
      confusing
      times.
      For
      the
      first
      time
      in
     
     
      History,
      a
      woman
      is
      expected
      to
      combine:
      intelligence
     
     
      with
      high
      heels,
      and
      an
      open,
      non-sexist
      relationshi
     
    

    
     
      with
      a
      tan
      guy
      who
      has
      a
      great
      bod.”’
     
    
   
   
    
     
      -
      Lynda
      Barry
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Yes,
      women
      are
      kind
      of
      hard
      to
      figure
     
     
      the
      women
      themselves.
      The
      simple
      fa
     
     
      chromosomes
      doesn’t
      guarantee
      an
      in
     
     
      the
      global
      sisterhood.
      Even
      having
     
     
      common
      bond,
      as
      small-breasted
      wéi
     
     
      problems
      of
      large-breasted
      women
      0
     
     
      women
      who
      don’t
      wear
      bras
      or...
     
    
   
   
    
     
      But
      is
      this
      really
      a
      lack
      of
      understandin
     
     
      define
      understanding,
      really.
      It’s
      like
     
     
      stand
      menstrual
      cramps
      because
      they’
      vi
     
     
      them.
      Well,
      sure,
      aman
      wouldn’t
      know
      a
      ¢fj
     
     
      walking
      down
      the
      street,
      but
      if
      he
      puts
      a
      little
      tix
     
     
      he
      can
      understand
      ifa
      woman
      is
      in
      excruciating,
      crip
     
     
      Do
      you
      really
      have
      to
      have
      lived
      through
      a
      common
      experi
     
     
      to
      understand
      how
      someone
      else
      feels?
     
    
   
   
    
     
      It’s
      really
      unfortunate
      that
      feminism,
      which
      is
      essential
     
     
      ‘mpathetic,
      inclusive
      movement,
      by
      its
      very
      nature
      of
     
     
      inclusive
      has
      included
      those
      with
      exclusive
      and/or
      do
     
     
      viewpoints.
      The
      latter
      group
      becomes
      apparent
     
     
      is
      an
      attempt
      made
      to
      define
      womanhood
      or:
     
     
      instance,
      there’s
      a
      quote
      that
      runs
      ‘‘What
      wou
     
     
      like
      without
      men?
      Full
      of
      fat,
      happy
      women.”’
      Ni
     
     
      that
      women
      should
      be
      able
      to
      take
      pride
      in
      their
     
     
      are,
      rather
      than
      inflicting
      torture
      on
      themselves
     
     
      idealized
      standard
      of
      beauty
      is
      one
      thing.
      To
      sugges
     
     
      °versimplified
      maxim
      like
      this
      does,
      that
      the
      only
      true
      w&
     
     
      re
      women
      who
      are
      fat
      is
      to
      insinuate
      that
      all
      thin
      wom
     
     
      Presses
      or
      unenlightened,
      or
      unworthy
      of
      considerati6n
     
    

    
     
      These
      attitudes
      extend
      in
      varying
      degrees
      though
      such
      small
     
     
      things
      as
      body
      weight
      all
      the
      way
      up
      to
      very
      major
      issues
      --
     
     
      'Ssues
      that
      affect
      so
      many
      people
      thata
      set
      of
      ‘‘rules’’
      designed
     
    
   
   
    
     
      Y
      One
      particular
      subgroup
      cannot
      begin
      to
      address
      all
      the
     
     
      questions,
     
    
   
   
    
     
      There’s
      a
      theory
      which
      in
      Economics
      is
      described
      as
      ‘‘effi-
     
     
      ‘lency’’,
      It
      states
      that
      if
      one
      person’s
      lot
      can
      be
      improved
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
          
     
     
       
     
     
         
     
     
        
     
     
          
     
     
         
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
        
     
     
       
     
     
        
     
     
         
     
     
         
     
     
          
     
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      without
      doing
      harm
      to
      another
      person,
      then
      efficiency
      has
      been
     
     
      achieved.
      Specific
      to
      the
      concept
      of
      womanhood,
      it's
      almost
     
     
      impossible
      to
      define
      one
      set
      of
      principles
      and
      characteristics
      as
     
     
      exemplifying
      womanhood,
      without
      excluding
      anyone
      who
     
     
      doesn’t
      perfectly
      fit
      that
      mould,
      and
      the
      right
      to
      make
      their
      own
     
     
      choices
      in
      life.
      Perhaps
      having
      access
      to
      a
      bewildering
      array
     
     
      of
      what
      womanhood
      is
      should
      not
      be
      trying
      to
      produce
      a
      society
      .
     
     
      of
      uniformly
      ‘‘perfect’’?
      women,
      but
      rather
      to
      allow
      each
      woman
     
     
      form
      a
      microcosm
      within
      herself
      that
      is
      perfect
      to
      her.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      REVIEW
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ’t:
      A
      Woman’s
      Word
      is
      an
      edited
     
     
      own
      journal
      in
      which
      she
      remem
     
     
      eal
      with
      the
      physical,
      emotional,
     
     
      at
      the
      hands
      of
      the
      men
      in
      her
      life.
     
     
      g
      in
      this
      journal
      for
      the
      first
      time
     
     
      ot
      only
      genuine
      and
      shocking
      but
     
     
      eason
      for
      these
      memories
      resur
      fac-
     
     
      place
      where
      she
      could
      feel
      safe
      --
      she
     
     
      ‘4
      church
      in
      rural
      Saskatchewan
      --
      having
     
     
      Was
      forced
      to
      face
      her
      immense
      fear
      and
      live
     
     
      of
      this
      sanctuary.
      Through
      her
      need
      to
      deal
      with
     
     
      nemories
      of
      her
      abuse
      at
      her
      father’s
      hands
      began
     
     
      od
      her
      consciousness,
      and
      she
      began
      to
      deal
      with
      them.
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      incidences
      of
      abuse
      portrayed
      within
      this
      book
      began
      as
     
     
      as
      four
      years
      of
      age
      and
      include
      such
      things
      as
      violence,
     
     
      t,
      rape,
      pornography
      and
      prostitution.
     
    
   
   
    
     
         
     
    
   
   
    
     
      abuse
      continue
      for
      approximately
      eleven
      years
     
     
      ‘owing
      both
      in
      magnitude
      and
      frequency.
      Atnine
     
     
      as
      prostituted
      by
      her
      father
      and
      her
      uncle
      during
     
     
      :
      stock
      car
      races.
      She
      is
      used
      by
      her
      father
      asa
     
     
      porn
      photos
      --
      she
      is
      also
      prostituted
      to
      produce
     
     
      hotos.
      Her
      extreme
      emotions,
      pain
      and
      ques-
     
     
      are
      portrayed
      very
      explicitly
      without
      being
      detailed
      to
      the
     
    

    
     
      of
      being
      past
      readability.
      At
      the
      age
      of
      eighteen,
      she
     
     
      ed
      into
      a
      marriage
      to
      escape
      the
      poison
      of
      her
      home
      --
      her
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘DES.
     
    
   
   
    
     
      ‘Sistéts
      were
      never
      abused
      and
      still
      sincerely
      believe
      that
      she
      is/
     
    
   
   
    
     
      was
      lying
      about
      her
      abuse.
      Unfortunately,
      her
      marriage
      was
      a
     
     
      situation
      similar
      to
      her
      life
      with
      her
      father.
      To
      deal
      with
      her
     
     
      unhappiness
      and
      inability
      to
      be
      a
      ‘‘good
      wife’’
      to
      her
      husband,
     
     
      she
      was
      taken
      to
      a
      psychiatrist
      and
      after
      six
      years
      of
      tranqulizers
     
     
      and
      fears,
      she
      leaves
      her
      husband
      and
      son
      to
      try
      to
      be
      happy.
      She
     
     
      eventually
      bought
      her
      little
      church
      and
      began
      to
      work
      through
     
     
      her
      fears.