Women_&_Cutting

Women & Cutting Opinion/ Research Paper Best Kept Secret of the Blade The least talked about of all disorders, and addictions among women is cutting. The question I would like to answer is what are the reasons that these women are cutting themselves' Many of the reasons women are cutting themselves are interwoven, just as the systems of oppression are.I believe that the main reason so many women are cutting themselves is because they are basing their self worth on things that are ever changing, and completely disconnected from reality. These women are craveing something that is real, that is an outlet for their pain, but most of all the control of our own pain that comes from cutting. These women that I speak of are not some abstract statistic they are your mother, your teacher, your daughter, your next door neighbor, your best friend, or the girl who sits next to you in class. I am one of “these women” and I would like to start off with an autobiographical account of my own experience with cutting. Many of the reasons are interwoven, just as our systems of oppression are, so in order to get a real understanding of my women, cutting, cut, self, just, worth, one, real, very, pain, myself, about, time, things, themselves, out, it’s, feel, experience, abuse, through, never, control, school, high, disorder, changing, woman, two, seven, razor, people, life, first, every, eating