Politics and Sexual Difference

Frontiers in Psychology

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Olivier Ouvry¹ 

[1] Laboratoire UTRPP, Université Paris-Sorbonne-Cité

关键词: feminism;    capitalism;    neoliberalism;    sexual difference;    sterility;    radicalization;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02291

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Our reflection begins with an article on Iran called “Les Iraniennes ne désarment pas”1, publishedin the French paper Monde Diplomatique. It highlights how Iranian women want to reclaim2aplace in society and precipitate a redistribution of power from a culture which has been maledominated since the Khomeiny Revolution. Unfortunately, in Iran politics are controlled by thelaws of religion, which excludes any possibility of parity between sexes. The resulting social tensionis palpable.What is remarkable in this article—although implicitly—is how Iran’s political agenda today isa reaction to this feminist movement, which is itself a response to an overabundance of masculinepower and growing phallicism, under many different forms. Hence, women dressed in chadors,the regression toward fundamentalism (the effects of which are evident in the relationship betweenmen and women), the use of war and terror (both in internal and external policies) to maintainpower, are secondary manifestations of the power dynamics between the two sexes. The issueshere are not simply religious, and the attempt to explain them via religion or tradition is a formof rationalization.We propose that the issues between the sexes are expressed in the political sphere—and applythis hypothesis to our western societies. What can we observe in France, for example, that wouldshed light on the relation between political struggles and the relationship between the sexes?.

【 授权许可】

CC BY