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The Body Politique presents women artists speaking to the continued reality that women are more often than not defined as objects of consumption and not as beings worthy of merit based upon being, but on the external ‘pleasing-ness’ of the woman. The conversation within the exhibition also reacts to how when controlled by the patriarchal system, the woman is categorized into three distinct groups: Maid, Matron and Crone. It is interesting that her categories are directly related to her ability to reproduce and how that ability, when inside the realm of fertility is where the problem lies. …