![]() ![]() This is a material semiotic process in which material bodies are made to serve as material signs, which is why she refers to "marking" rather than "construction." ![]() ![]() Gender is how patriarchy marks bodies so that they are processed through the usual undisturbed channels of socialization and heterosexual society operates smoothly. For Wittig, all gender, "male" and "female" is part of a single construct which patriarchal oppression created- not vice versa (she equates sexual difference theory a la Irigaray with blaming the victim). I'm still reading this with Serano's new book in the back of my mind, and especially with Wittig's essays in the front of my mind, since Butler deals with her "materialist feminism" quite a bit. ![]()
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