Repressions Occurring to Women’s Body Exploring the Body Politics of the Society

Abstract

Women of Bangladesh are coming out of domestic spaces and getting themselves engaged in different economic, social and other forms of development sectors. Sometimes this involves managing their family without the involvement of any male member. But still societal perception regarding the status of women is connected with their bodies and women struggle to attain any sort of control over their own bodies. Rather patriarchal state and society control their bodies through different types of laws, regulation and violence. These oppressions occur not only among households or within marriage but also workplace, educational institutions, and different public places. State and society validate these oppressions through their laws and regulations. However, women are not accepting these rather resisting through their everyday actions and sometimes bargaining with those by accommodating another patriarchal ideology.