...to manage it at all. Each decision she makes--or, even more importantly, is socially prohibited from making--affect her body, her relationships, her ability to earn a living, and her sense of self.
"Just a woman's *potential* for pregnancy affects how the people around her think about her and her capabilities and responsibilities. It also provides dangerous rationales for paternalistic male oversight."
--Soraya Chemaly,
RAGE BECOMES HER
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