传统社会中的女性身体

Female Body in Traditional Society

中国传统社会对女性身体有着三方面的操控,通过身体地位建构女性内在人格与外在形象;通过身体规训与改造来完成妇德教育;通过妇科话语与民间禁忌来认知女性身体生育功能。"内/外"之别的男女两性生活及行为活动空间的区别使得男女在家庭、社会中的角色和地位不同,乃至个体道德人格和身体取向上都有了基本差别。"内/外"之别在文化意义和社会普遍意识层面上由男权维系,而对女性行为的规范和对女性身体的规训、改造以及认知则是权力实践的主要场地。

Chinese traditional society has three ways of controlling of the female body： constructing the female internal and external image of personality through the body position; transforming feminine virtue and education through physical discipline; relying on the discourse of folk gynecology and taboo that restrict the female body to reproductive function. The ＂inside/outside＂ distinction means the distinctions in men and women＇s living space between men and women＇s behaviors in the family, and between different social roles and status of individual moral character. The ＂Inside/outside＂ distinction is maintained in cultural code and universal consciousness by the male chauvinist society. The norms of female behavior, the discipline, the restructuring and knowledge of the female body are the main fields of power practice.