In what way does the "power" lie with the observer rather than within the female?

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Why does Steinem call the female body a "victim" body? $($paragraph $5)$ What did girls' mothers have to do with this association? How are moms in our own time and society contributing to this cycle?

Do you agree with the author that a woman's body is "far more subject to other people's rules than $[$is$]$ that of her male counterpart"? $($paragraph $7)$ Can you relate to this? If so$,$ how?