What is a woman???

From Chris Barker's Cultural Studies third edition book.

My favorite part of Chapter 9 would definitely be on pg. 288 of the
Barker book.  The title of the section is Women's Difference.  The
reason this section stood out to me so much was because it makes us ask
ourselves what is a woman?  What constitutes a woman's nature and how is
it celebrated?  Those questions are answered in briefly answered in the
section.  I am sure Barker could have trailed on about the subject, but
he is in fact taking a lot of information and compiling it into one
small book; a small book to explain cultural studies that is!
He talks about how Collard and Contrucci argue that women " are linked
by childbearing bodies and innate ties to the natural earth that support
egalitarian, nurturance-based values.  Then Barker explains how Rich
(1986) views women and their differences from men saying that it is a
source of childhood that separates them. Rich celebrates what truly
makes females different from the male species.
Sure, I agree with what they say...they researched it.  However, to
really understand a woman you must deconstruct her. Even then do we
really know what makes ourselves tick.  There are so many different
types of women who have different personalities.  So to say that we can
characterize women by what they are or what they are supposed to be
doesn't entirely make sense to me.  What about women who can not give
birth to a child?   Since they cannot physically do this are they still
considered "woman enough?"  Or a woman at all.  Do we need all the
specified traits in order to be considered a woman? I don't know.  But,
what I do know is that every individual is unique and that is what makes
us special.


What is a woman?? Well even though Axe and Dove body products are the SAME
COMPANY...there ads picture women in a different way. 

Here is a Dove body add...notice the woman are curvier. The Company is saying women can look sexy in any size. Feel good in your skin.
Here is an Axe body ad and the woman sexualized and is made to look like an object.

CAN YOU BELIEVE THEY ARE THE SAME COMPANY!!!!

They are sending mixed messages to woman...No wonder some women don't know who they are! We only know what we are "supposed" to be. Thank you media.