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This paper brings into focus the female body—against the backdrop of cultural objectification—as it relates to negotiations of voice. Systemic barriers to power, including the threat of physical violence, aggression, and hostility towards non-conforming bodies, coupled with the intergenerational transmission of gender inequality conspire in the silencing of women. Therapeutic interventions are needed that recognize real impediments to speaking up and affirm women’s attempts, however untidy and disruptive, to own their bodies, desires, anger, and influence.