Summary and Response of "The Female Body"

In “The Female Body” Margaret Atwood talks about the different ways the female body is viewed. The first way the female body is viewed is by the physical appearance. The second way is by what is put on it. Third is by how much you can see when you look at a woman; you’re able to see right through her. The fourth is the view that you can tell a woman what you do and don’t want and that she will either fix it or not. Atwood, then goes on to talk about the different uses the female body has and how males use females to get things for them even though they are capable of getting them themselves. Then it talks about how pleasure in the female isn’t required, it’s optional. Finally she talks about the female and male brains and how they differ; females have a more laid back approach on things while males have an objective approach. The “Female Body” is mainly about how men keep women to do things and for nothing else. So when they lose the female they are lost because they don’t know what or how to do things themselves.
I didn’t really get this article. But based on some of the things I did get out of it I have to say I disagree with some and agree with some. I disagree that men use us to do things that they can do themselves, but I agree that they do use us; it’s just for all the wrong reasons. I also agree that mens’ brains and womens’ brains work and act totally differently.