![]() ![]() In the 90s, the ladette thing started well, but it turned bad. ![]() People objected to the fact that women were expected to be like men, but there was also a push forwards. I remember the 80s, when it was all power suits. Do you feel like things are going backwards for women? You write about the current ubiquity of porn, and its effect on our culture. There is a pressure on women always to be all right. It’s a badge of honour not to let on that you feel rubbish that it’s your period, or you’re having a hard time getting over having given birth. Our bodies are changing all the time – not just throughout our lifetimes, but over the course of a month – and this is problematic in a society that wants people to conform to certain roles. How much of it has to do with our bodies?Ī lot. There was a long period when women were expected to be post-feminist, to accept certain things as a bit of fun The way it works is that you do it to yourself. We feel that we have this internal flaw, and we constantly apologise for it, or try to compensate for it. But I think all women grapple with both things – disgust and shame – all the time, because I think we’re held to a higher standard. ![]() ![]() As an Irish Catholic, I belong to a long tradition of shame. The essay is ostensibly about disgust, but it’s also about shame, isn’t it? ![]()
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