Jones--Disciplining the body

As I read the Kirby and Krone (2002) and the Martin (1990) discussion of the responses to the family/work tensions and conflict, I felt some discomfort. In the Kirby and Krone article this was partially explained when they pointed out the lack of a collective focus and an apparent 'ignorance' of the 'second shift.' Then in the Martin article, the control and possession expressed in the executive's discussion of the female employee shed more light on my discomfort. In another class, we recently read "Disciplining the Feminine" and the critique of Hickson, Stacks, and Amsbary's 1992 ranking and analysis of 'prolific' female scholars in the communication discipline. A main critique from Blair, Brown, and Baxter (1994) was that this report is another way of identifying the otherness of women, measuring them, and narrowing down the importance of their work from what was said in their work to how often they published. I think my discomfort comes from the sense in which women's bodies are possessed, controlled, and dominated in the workplace. I can't find the bibliography information, but I remember reading an article (it might be Tretheway's "Aging Bodies" article) that discusses the cultural discomfort in the U.S. with women's leaking bodies—think of the discussion that Tretheway had with her students in the classroom about breastfeeding and when her milk let down (Ashcraft & Tretheway, 2004, see p. 176). Because of this discomfort there are efforts to control and contain women's leaking bodies—especially in the workplace.

1. In what ways does the text deconstructed by Martin demonstrate attempts to contain and control the female body?
   
2. Ashcraft and Tretheway (2004) talk about organizing irrationality—which if I am interpreting it correctly is the idea of 'embracing' organizing paradoxes. In what ways do the attempts to contain women's leaking bodies reflect organizing paradox(es)?