Date: Wed, 10 Apr 1996 12:30:01 -0400
Subject: Re: Fem what? -Reply


At 9:47 AM 4/10/96, Lisa Rogers wrote:

>I think the clitoris has some advantages over the penis, one of which
>is that it _never_ gets caught in zippers.  Of course the "thing"
>that women "envy" is privilege and power that is conferred upon males
>just because they are male.  But if we're going to talk seriously,
>we'll have to distinguish between "penis" and "phallus".  It does
>make a difference.  A big difference.

The Lacanians say that no one, even men, possesses the phallus, which is an
imaginary construct ("the phallus - the hyphen - the signifier par
excellence of desire" - Lacan).

>BTW, knitting and weaving are often adopted as "manly" pursuits
>whenever they offer higher wages than other things that men are
>doing.  Another example of a mechanism of culture change at work,
>hmmm?

Which comes first, the high wage or the male entry?

Doug

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