POLI 366 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Queer Theory, Psychoanalysis, Tryptophan
1 May 2016
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Rubin argued first to disarticulate sex from gender and then to disarticulate gender from sexuality. Article looks at rubin"s anti-biologism to examine how biology became a disreputable method of explaining gender and sexuality. Argument centers around rubin"s claim that the belly"s hunger gives no clues as to the complexities of cuisine. Rubin argues that sexuality is not a natural/biological fact and does not exist prior to culture. She tries to separate out biological and cultural determinants of sexuality. She argues that biology can for instance provide the brain and genitalia for sexuality but cannot determine experiences or content of sexuality. Feminist and queer theory have taken this movement towards the social and away from the biological ever since rubin"s articles were published, and if an argument is biological many now question whether it can in fact be feminist.
