自从亚里士多德否认女性在人类繁衍史上的重要作用,将其定义为男性繁殖后代的“容器”以来,“孵化器”就一直是男性社会对女性生殖过程的角色期待。如果说在男性文明控制下的女性身体从来就不属于女性,那么作为“孵化器”的女性身体更是被物化成了男性繁衍后代的工具。阿特伍德早期小说《浮现》和《女祭司》中的两位女性一个被迫堕胎,另一个被迫生育。她们不同的生育经历向我们展示了当代西方社会男性生育观下,作为“第二性”的女性的社会地位与生存状态。 Ever since Aristotle denied the important role of women in the history of human reproduction and defined it as the “container” of offspring of male reproduction, “incubator” has been the role of male society in the process of female reproduction. If the female body under the control of male civilizations has never belonged to women, then the female body as the “incubator” is more materialized as a tool for male reproduction. Two of the women who “appeared” and “priestess” in the early Novels of Atwood were forced into abortion and the other forced to give birth. Their different fertility experiences show us the social status and living status of women as “second sex ” in contemporary western society.