The Female Body by Margaret Atwood Review

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     Margaret Atwood amplifies her experiences by addressing the piece “The Female Body” as a feminist revolt for masculinity. Feminism as often labeled as an underground revolutionary does not suggest obliterating society but tries to defend herself from deprivation from liberality. Atwood’s magnificent piece portrays seeking by establishing equal opportunities for women. It also describes how man and women perceive the female body. Moreover, Atwood tries to relay her insights by constructing different series of vignettes in her essay “The Female Body”. As I am trying to dissect and understand the essay I can see various characterizations by describing the female body. The vulgarity showed an indirect relation to her movement and rather showed a good starting point to present her arguments. The second paragraph describes how a women embrace fashion by wrapping her bodies with numerous accessories. “The basic Female Body comes with the following accessories…” It led me to think that Atwood is trying to show how women are observed to society and in man’s peripheral –as an attractive toy for-sex. In this regard, the next vignette tried to discuss the female body made of transparent plastic and lights up when you plug it in as a passive object.


     Atwood versatility in writing feminism essays was seen on the late part of the piece as she try to completely itemize the female body into different spectra of analysis. Women are used as fancy accessories for commercials and products and portray dominance of masculine to feminine as they rule out. She shared her various opinions about the role of males in the society and she purposely tried to compare it to females.


     As Atwood concludes her essay with the explanation of how men feel when they have no control over a female, she satirizes all aspects of masculine emotions in regards to how their actions correspond to their randomness.


     Truly, Feminism’s act of advocating social, political and all other rights of women equal to those of men is not necessary as of now. The act of changing the perception of people to female is the challenge.

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