In the first couple of pages of this article it states what a woman should be like, and how she is seen throughout every day. In my opinion, I believe a pregnant woman's way more ridiculed than a regular woman. A pregnant woman is body shamed, and she is told what do with her body by society and men. Robyn Longhurst states that “Pregnant bodies are not to be trusted, rather they are to be dreaded, when occupying a public space” When women hear about this they feel as if they are not allowed to be seen, and should stay behind closed doors. Women’s bodies in contrast to a man’s body is because of the fetus. Men feel as if they’re bodies are a part as pregnant women’s. Since men are a contributing factor in the making of a baby, they do have a say in what they would like to do with their …show more content…
A momentous strength would be the point that DeMaeyer is making in this article. DeMaeyer is making it well known that women are being seen as objects, and have no control over their body. Although, that might seem like a weakness, at least DeMaeyer is making people aware about how society is treating pregnant women. A weakness would be that when a woman is pregnant her body is now as state property, and a man’s property. In an interview television series about “fathers rights”, a father states that “I feel like by her having the right to abort the child is her having the right to destroy a part of me with me having any say-so.” Although, the child is both the mom and the dad, it does not mean that a man has control over his wife's body. Another weakness would be that are women allowed to be their own subject? A woman is defined by society as being linked to a man, or fetus, or both. Society sees women as an other. They do not see them as a “subject”, they see the fetus as a subject and the mother that carries that