This Sex Which Is Not One -

Modern queer and trans theorists sometimes find her strict binary focus on male and female anatomy to be restrictive and exclusionary.

Irigaray uses the imagery of the of the vulva. They are always in contact with each other, constantly touching without a subject/object division. This Sex Which Is Not One

Irigaray does not just argue against patriarchy; she writes against it. Her style is intentionally fluid, repetitive, and poetic, resisting the rigid, linear logic of traditional male philosophy. Modern queer and trans theorists sometimes find her

In one of the book's most famous chapters, Irigaray applies Marxist theory to gender relations. She argues that patriarchal society is based on the exchange of women between men. resisting the rigid

Female sexuality is viewed as an incomplete version of male sexuality.