身体控制与中世纪犹太妇女地位解析

On Body Control and Jewish Woman's Status in the Middle Ages

女人不是天生的,而是变成的。妇女存在的方式是由男人确定的,她依据男人的定义来行动、思考和看待自己。女人被男人建构,被他的社会结构和制度所建构,而女人的身体则成为建构的基础。女性的身体并不是固定的,它是社会文化建构的产物。犹太社会正是通过否定、异化以及贬斥原本属于女性身体一部分的处女膜、月经和生育,从而建立并巩固了其对女性的控制权。

Women are not born to be, but become. Woman＇s existence is defined by men, and this definition guides women in behaving, thinking and valuing themselves. A woman is constructed by men in the form of his social structure and system, with woman＇s body as the foundation of this construction. Therefore, a woman＇s body is not fixed but reconstructed by the society and culture. By denying, alienation, and denouncing the hymen, menstruation and fertility that are originally the essential part of a woman, the Jewish community has established and consolidated its control over women.