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And by a prudent flight and cunning save A life which valour could not, from the grave. A better buckler I can soon regain, But who can get another life again? Archilochus

Saturday, March 8, 2014

What is a Woman?

Woman is a symptom of a man, in the sense that a woman can only ever enter the psychic economy of men as a fantasy object, the cause of their desire. For Zizek, woman is what sustains the consistency of man.
from Key Ideas of Slavoj Zizek

10 comments:

FreeThinke said...

A woman is only a woman,
But a good cigar is a SMOKE."


;-)

Thersites said...

You have a way of reducing words to their essences, FT! ;)

FreeThinke said...

The poem from which the immortal line was drawn is by Kipling. It is called "The Betrothed," and was inspired by a Breach of Promise suit brought in 1885 based on the woman’s demand that her betrothed must choose between her and his cigars.

"The Betrothed" may be found in its entirety at the following:

http://www.bartleby.com/364/31.html

I find it eminently amusing. -- especially in light of the regrettable ascendancy of The Militant Bluestocking, and her ever increasingly obnoxious descendants' late twentieth-century domination of the culture.

LIFE in a virtual VAGINACRACY is no life for a MAN.

Thersites said...

I probably would have liked Kipling...

FreeThinke said...

Stay tuned, Thersites, more of the estimable Mr. K appears at my blog on the morrow, albeit a more sober, reflective example of his work.

Meanwhile ...

Reuben Reuben, I've been thinking
___ what a grand world this would be
If the men were all transported
--- far beyond the Northern Sea.

Rachel, Rachel, I've been thinking
___ men would have a merry time
If the girls were all transported
___ for the way they think's a crime.

Reuben, Reuben, stop your teasing
___ If you've any love for me
I was only just a-foolin'
___ as, of course, I thought you'd see.

Rachel, Rachel, cease your wailing
__ Then come here and marry me
We must have a dozen children
__ so we may live happily.


~ Traditional with a Twist

WomanHonorThyself said...

happy St Pats my friend!...green kisses n huggios!! xoxoxox

Always On Watch said...

LIFE in a virtual VAGINACRACY is no life for a MAN.

Not every woman is a member of the vaginacracy -- not will she ever be.

FreeThinke said...

Farmer John?

How are YOU? Long time no see.

Hope you and yours are well, and not plowed under a snowdrift somewhere?

Jen said...
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-FJ the Dangerous and Extreme MAGA Jew said...

Nope. I was just spending a week visiting with my father in Honolulu.