From my helpless beginning I am acted upon, the text and stage directions of gender are constantly rehearsed into me. I am taught mu part so completely that I begin to believe that it is no longer a play, but is in fact natural. For both Freud and Lacan, the child is at first ignorant of sexual difference and so cannot take up a sexual position "The use of either of these passages in this way is in fact odd and indeed rather comical, for there is a Rabbinical gloss on Genesis 1:27 which … [Read more...]
the geni(talia) of christ.
March 1, 2011 By 5 Comments
The biological distinction between man and woman eventually came under the same scrutiny by theorists who reached a similar conclusion: the sexual categories are products of culture and as such help create social reality rather than simply reflect it. “In a well-known Marx Brothers joke Groucho answers the standard question 'Tea or coffee?' with 'Yes, please!" Zizek goes on to explain that the act of not making a choice like Groucho is the best choice. The unforgotten choice. Rather than … [Read more...]
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