This Sex Which Is Not One
Book description
"The publication of these two translations is an event to be celebrated by feminists of all persuasions."
Women's Review of Books
In This Sex Which Is Not One, Luce Irigaray elaborates on some of the major themes of Speculum of the Other Woman, her landmark work on the status of…
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Why read it?
1 author picked This Sex Which Is Not One as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Women's genitals are too often painted as passive, empty holes. When we think of them, we think of the vagina rather than the vulva or clitoris. In this book, Irigaray offers a simple reframe: Our bodies are not zero. They are two.
Analyzing the symbolism of the female body, Irigaray challenges patriarchal logic. This book helped me become sexual in a way that honored my own body rather than submitting to the erasure so endemic to our culture.
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