Re: Re: Re: RE: Genderization (fwd)

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BUT Butler neglects the Marxist feminist critique of how capitalism
underlies the construction of sex and gender. Exploitation is not only
discursive, it is REAL as it is embedded in oppressive practices. Butler
apolitical critique of gender categories reminds me of the absurdity of
post-modern pessimism: "don't criticicize sexism and racism because you
perpetuate the same discourse" B. so what? 

See Rosamary's book _Materialist Feminism_ for an excellent critique of
Butler (edited volume).. 


Mine



>You're lucky I'll spare you a long quotation from Judith Butler on how
>"sex" and the "biological" are themselves discursively constructed. But
>she has a point.  >Doug