Die Hände der Frauen in meiner Familie waren nicht zum Schreiben bestimmt

A unique way of writing. The author uses body parts and tells a story by connecting them. Losing control over your own body through illness can be horrifying, but the family she was born into, with its customs and religion, never really gave women control over their own bodies. The stories she tells and the questions she asks gave me goosebumps. It made me think.

Are we women really in control of our body? We pity those who are forced to cover up and don’t have the freedom to choose. But what about the women who choose to avoid judgement and fit the expectations and norms of society, family, and peers? Are they really exercising freedom of choice? Are we women truly in control of our bodies?

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Uncultured: A Memoir

The question I had to ask throughout the book: Why? Why and why? Why would adults do this to themselves and their children? Why would women willingly submit themselves to men and live a life that is so belittling, and why would they make other women do the same? And why does this happen in today’s age, when there is so much more awareness"¦ or why is this happening in the so-called, Western, developed countries?

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