Sandra Bartky Born : May 5, 1935 Died : October 17, 2016 Browse All Authors Top 5 quotes by Sandra Bartky The disciplinary power that inscribes femininity in the female body is everywhere and it is nowhere; the disciplinarian is everyone and yet no one in particular. Sandra Bartky femininity female body Performance for another in no way signals the inferiority of the performer to the one for whom the performance is intended. Sandra Bartky signals inferiority way We are born male or female, but not masculine or feminine. Sandra Bartky feminine males female Women punish themselves for the failure to conform. Sandra Bartky punishment failure inspirational Women's body language speaks eloquently, though silently, of her subordinate status in a hierarchy of gender. Sandra Bartky hierarchy language body