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uncomfortable occupying the place of menstruation in public and private spheres reflects the detachment of the body that is so common to so many people. When a young woman has her period, the response of the environment, as shown by the historian Joan Brumberg, rarely is an invitation to embrace the new status as a woman (hold time), but more commonly a knowing smile and look menstrual products (Time to go to the pharmacy). This must be one of the first lessons that the young menstruadora get over their bodies and their place in the social order: "It will make things that do not need to talk. And I related to primarily as consumers. "

When she ignores their bodily processes or, worse, are recognized as problems to be solved only through consumption, becomes a victim of internalized oppression, we will continue with this after I define now internalized oppression and her sister's self-objectification.

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But the Internalized oppression has been taken in the context of disability, macho women, indigenous peoples, racism, etc.

include it here as defined by website dedicated to native women North America as follows:

External Oppression is the unjust exercise of authority and power for one group over another. Includes impose a system of beliefs, values \u200b\u200band ways of living of one group over another. External oppression becomes internalized when the oppressed group is believed to act as if the system of beliefs, values \u200b\u200band way of life of the group were the true oppressor.

words, the individual / a for example from an aboriginal people suffer from internalized oppression when they think and believe something like: "Indians are lazy", and tries to distance himself from this group devalued, of course these beliefs work against the best interests of the individual home, it contributes to remove and destroy the culture of solidarity.

As this site notes: "self-loathing" and "internalized racism" are other ways that internalized oppression. The result of internalized oppression is shame, internalized oppression also means that those who oppress us, no need to exert more pressure, because the individual / a car handles well pressed and pressed for their peers. In psychology this is known as identification with the aggressor, and goes to destroy the identity of who is depressed, and if they believe does not work ask them to victims of Stockholm Syndrome.

Finally a way to counter this is to evaluate one's beliefs in the best interest of themselves and the community. Or as my source says "internalized oppression to resist relearn how to live together with respect and harmony, without violence."

One way that women experience internalized oppression is self-objectification, ie think of themselves as an object in 1 st and 2 nd place as a subject. People who self-objectifying often consider their appearance to others, girls and work on their bodies and physical attractiveness in order to please / no offense to another imaginary. is particularly serious when you judge other women according to this same standard, pressing to oppress others as well as themselves.

Turning to women, why it is stated that when they are far from their bodies or are related to these through consumption are often under the influence internalized oppression? In this regard I note that this not be the fault of women, is more to us we require a thousand things and blame us for another thousand, this is part of machismo, and is a logic that leads to more shame. What the author says Chris Bobel, is that women participate in the silence around menstruation, allowing others to speak for them, for example, companies engaged in feminine hygiene, which frame the whole thing in terms of a problem is solved through consumption, and not only does the internalized oppression to allow others (and others) speak for them, but to absorb these speeches without uncritically absorbing criticism and also the shame that these statements carry with them.

Today, women are rarely those that define the meanings of their bodily processes and take actions in order to experience self-directed healthy ways, sustainable, and for some, enjoyable and refreshing. Menstruation is one of those body processes, but not the only, the pregnancy, birth, breastfeeding, menopause, nutrition, health care and even sexuality through life, all these processes are assimilated and interpreted by social institutions and discourses, but not by those / you that inhabit the bodies in question, especially now with the medical discourse in every area of \u200b\u200blife, are external assessments, and move in normal-abnormal, clean- dirty and healthy and pathological.

Source:

Bobel, Chris (2010). New Blood Third-Wave Feminism And The Politics of Menstruation. Rutgers University Press.