Black Woman's Body as a Site of Vulnerability

Vulnerability is defined as the inability to withstand the effects of a hostile environment. This bring to mind the inability to bear child. Due to whatever circumstances, whether it be extreme or mild, when a women lose the ability to bear child they become vulnerable in a sense.  Their body can not withstand/withhold bearing a child.  The ability to bear child is what makes a woman a woman, and to have that taken away can make one feel less of a woman..... hence the word vulnerability.