Love this. Great depiction of a terribly harmful social norm. As far as the patriarchy bit, she lets us come to our own conclusions -- what does hubski think about "It terrifies us to even fathom that a woman could take ownership of her body" for example?

That question is part of why I tagged this with "grrlski". Going to mull over that question a bit more before responding. Got too caught up in the SU-Duke basketball game and now I'm too worked up to give a good response to anything.

Okay, now that I'm sufficiently calm (thanks Astronautalis) and have had some time to think. I think that that question is something that occurs very often in society. Look at how the double standard between guys who have a lot of sex and girls who have a lot of sex. In general, one is highly regarded and the other is disparaged. Men are allowed to have as many partners as they want with impunity, but women are subjected to being derided or looked down upon for the same thing.

Another aspect to the repression of female sexuality is the culture surrounding female nudity. People are much more comfortable being subjected to depictions of violence through movies, video games, etc. But the possibility of female nudity is somehow worse than that. Obviously for this part I'm referring almost entirely to North America. I do think that part of this is the viewing of the female body as a sexual object, and the dichotomy of nudity that exists all around the world. Meanwhile, in countries in the middle east where woman are forced to cover their forces is the extreme version of that question you have posed. Additionally, all of the above can attempt to be rationalized or excused by people other than the woman herself. I know I've observed people trying to excuse others sexual behavior as a matter of fact and it's rarely provided an answer of "well, it's her body and we should respect that".