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Sexuation (Aphorism 2)

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Male Subjectivity Is a Resistance Against Female Subjectivity

Male subjectivity is enacted as a resistance against female subjectivity, which is really the at of all subjectivity. We cling to the idea of an exception in order to avoid the anxiety of having this constant question about whether we're in or out. And male subjectivity is a way of escaping that question, the security of an identity determined by the exception. The democratic party cannot blow and say you have to be the party of female subjectivity because for so long it's been the oppositeybut i think it's arelged point.

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