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Women and Other Monsters cid_5499 She shows how health issuesThe folklore that has shaped our dominant culture teems with frightening female creatures. In our language, in our stories (many written by men), we underline the idea that women who step out of bounds who are angry or greedy or ambitious, who are overtly sexual or not sexy enough arent just outside the norm. Theyre unnatural. Monstrous. But maybe, the traits weve been told make us dangerous and undesirable are actually our greatest strengths. Through