Date: Sun, 11 Feb 1996 02:19:49 -0800 (PST) From: Chantel Beckman <chan50-AT-u.washington.edu> Subject: Re: Can someone help me out here? Hi Ryan! In answer to your question regarding "The sex is not one" VS "The sex which is not of one" I think this is a play with language. The first definition referring to Freudian idea that the female sex is only a lack or absence in relation to the male. Which according to patriarchial discouse she interprets as not having a sex at all. The second being Irigaray's definition of female sexuality which is always of at least "two." The two is the female lips which are always embracing each other and are interchangeable. This upsets the patrarchial assumptions of unity and indicates that there is a plurality or a "multiplicity" of meaning in feminine language. Is this helpful at all in your question? chantel
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