Pathologizing the female body: phallocentrism in Western science.(Report) From: Journal of International Women's Studies | Date: May 1, 2007| Author: Libbon, Stephanie E. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Bridgewater State College. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A woman's body reaches to the end of the world Deeper than any meaning, further than what she knows, Long, endless, yearning, unappeasable, profounder Than our touches, unconquerable, never to be mastered--

Theodore Holmes "Woman's Body"

Introduction

The history of the human body is, as Michel Feher states, a field where life and thought intersect (11). It is a locus that reflects the laws and prohibitions of different cultures at different times. ...