He argues that as a result the woman is always self-conscious, always aware of her own presence in every action she performs. The sources of this identity are for Berger the age old notion that the woman was destined to take care of the man. On the other hand, Berger says, a woman's presence is always related to itself, not the world, and she does not represent potential but rather only her herself, and what can or cannot be done to her, never by her. Berger argues that a man's presence in the world is all about is potency and is related to what he can do, power and ability. At the opening of "Ways of Seeing' John Berger notes that the cultural presence of the woman is still very much different from that of the man.
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