Woman can be invented in the male body while preserving sexual division

Evidence

The importance of sexuality, and therefore ordinarily of woman, in both pathological and normal behavior is well-known. Other objects can also be feminized; because woman is certainly to a large extent man’s invention, he could also invent her in the male body: in homosexuality, sexual division is maintained. But ordinarily Woman is sought in feminine beings. — Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, 412

Categorization

• XREF: Foreshadows later gender-construction theory in which ‘woman’ is a category not necessarily embodied in a female person — connects to Butler’s performativity. — connects to: The female body functions as a metaphor for inferiority used to police male gender. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 785
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: The female body functions as a metaphor for inferiority used to police male gender. — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education: Toward Diverse,…, 785

Broader Connections

• The female body functions as a metaphor for inferiority used to police male gender. #complicates (0.74) — Rebecca A. Martusewicz, Jeff Edmundson, and John Lupinacci, EcoJustice Education, 785