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In the traditional discourse, woman is regarded as an object because she has no free will. Psychoanalytic theorist Sigmund Freud explains the woman’s objectification due to her femininity. I would like to use French feminist Luce Irigaray’s theory to revisit women as the constructed object in the traditional discourse, especially on Freud’s theories. In her work “The Blind Spot of an Old Dream of Symmetry,’’ Irigaray reinterprets Freud’s interpretations of femininity to point out that Freud’s theories of femininity, Oedipus complex and penis-envy are uncertain and unpersuasive. In this part, I want to deconstruct the phallocentric discourse through revealing the mystery of femininity [passive].
In exchange for the continuity of society, women are treated as exchangeable gifts, not humans. The exchange requires that woman must leave her natal home after she marries. Woman’s sacrifice [exchange] is always regarded as reasonable and is even neglected by man. As an exchange gift, she has no her free will.
Secondly, I would like to point out femininity is a symptom that traditional woman has. The traditional woman is passive and obedient [femininity] as the patriarchal rule requires her to become. Traditional woman’s femininity results from her internalization.
In exchange for the continuity of society, women are treated as exchangeable gifts, not humans. The exchange requires that woman must leave her natal home after she marries. Woman’s sacrifice [exchange] is always regarded as reasonable and is even neglected by man. As an exchange gift, she has no her free will.
Secondly, I would like to point out femininity is a symptom that traditional woman has. The traditional woman is passive and obedient [femininity] as the patriarchal rule requires her to become. Traditional woman’s femininity results from her internalization.
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