As opposed to the meaning of
the word "Woman" in "Discursive" (
Language) or "
Performative" (a la Butler et al.) terms, the term Embodied Woman refers to women for whom the body has been the site of experiencing their femaleness.
I say
I am a woman not because I feel like a woman or because of the clothes I desire to wear but because this
patriarchal society's response to my existence as a
human being has had a lot to do with the fact that I have boobs and a vagina. Moreover, I have the capacity to get pregnant, and I get periods and all the bodily experiences that come with it such as PMS, PCOD, cramps, etc. Thus I say that I am an Embodied Woman.