![]() ![]() This is the first story in the collection of stories in Her Body and Other Parties, by the American author Carmen María Machado, who as the age of 33 has become one of the great literary voices of her generation. Of course, what he wants most is to touch the green ribbon and finds it impossible to accept being denied this part of her. ![]() She gives herself entirely to him and the only thing she asks of him is: do not touch my green ribbon. She lives a normal life, full of sex and passion for the man who will become her husband, who she teaches everything and gives everything too. In the short story The Husband Stitch, a woman has a green ribbon tied around her neck. What is its purpose? To make men feel more pleasure when they have penetrative sex again (after the baby’s birth), despite the pain and discomfort this can cause women. It is known in the Anglo-Saxon world as ‘the husband stitch’ and refers to making more stitches then necessary during the episiotomy or to repair the perineum. There is a widely questioned medical procedure that can be given to women after labor without their consent. Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen María Machado, is a collection of short stories that show how being a woman can be a story of terror. ![]()
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