Sexing-Up the Subject

Cathrine Egeland (1)

1 UiB - University of Bergen

The decisive epistemological and methodological moment of feminist analysis and critique is the moment of . An intervention does not require a standpoint; instead, it the locus of critique from the standpoint to the or consequences of critique. Intervention requires no new information or hitherto concealed facts about the object being interfered with. The critical effects of an intervention are the results of what is called a ‘sexing-up' strategy. Different epistemological and methodological aspects of this strategy are discussed and a connection established between feminist interventions in science and politics, and the strategy of sexing-up.

Mots clés: critique; feminism; intervention; phallogocentrism; science; sexing-up; translation

Cathrine Egeland. Sexing-Up the Subject. European Journal of Women's Studies, 2005, 12 (3), pp.267-280. ⟨10.1177/1350506805054268⟩. ⟨hal-00571245⟩