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Her feeling alone against society

Her breaking of religious laws

The pain of the procedure

Her having to lie about it

Abortion is a woman’s choice and burden, and nobody else’s

Abortion is an act of defiance against norms

Abortion is drastically different in practice than in theory/ideology

All of the above

To enrage further the annoying protesters

Because she feels “raped” by religious demands

Because she is not afraid to tell the truth

Because she is pushed into admitting the truth

Is more problematic than it is worth the trouble

If done right, it can avoid generating trouble

Is something only women should practice

Is very problematic, but it is worth the trouble

Are prohibited by Lacan as socially pernicious

Are rarely understood enough to be widely effective

Have only been written in French so far

Are too spontaneous to be understood

Comes naturally to women authors, who can give birth

Cannot be conceived of unless in conjunction to a “phallic pen”

Is problematized by the division of labor between men and women

Is irrelevant to the idea of “womb envy,” because authors are androgynous

Plato

Lacan

Aristotle

18^th century novels

Linking the sexed body to specific qualities, abilities or attitudes

Linking the sexed body to primitive social conditions

Linking the human essence to the outside world

All of the above

Influences the way the story will develop

Leads to a better appreciation of the story

Confuses us if the wrong metaphors are used

May generate biased readings of their text