Abstract
This article considers the ethical dimension of contemporary first-person avowals of genderless or agender subjectivity. Drawing on Talia Mae Bettcher’s transfeminist account of transgender first-person authority and Simone de Beauvoir’s existentialist notion of choice, the author argues that authentic first-person avowals of genderlessness are gestures that pursue ethical self–other relations. In doing so, this article reconciles Beauvoir’s claim that a woman who says she is “just human” is in bad faith with genderless trans subjectivities.
Résumé
Cet article considère la dimension éthique des aveux contemporains à la première personne d’ une subjectivité sans genre (genderless) ou agenrée (agender). S’ inspirant du récit transféministe de Talia Mae Bettcher lequel porte sur l’ autorité transgenre à la première personne et sur la notion existentialiste de choix telle que conçue par Simone de Beauvoir, Megan Burke soutient que les aveux authentiques à la première personne quant à l’ absence de genre sont des actions qui visent des relations éthiques entre soi et autrui. Ce faisant, cet article concilie l’ affirmation de Beauvoir selon laquelle une femme qui se dit «juste humaine» est de mauvaise foi avec la question des subjectivités trans sans genre (genderless).
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Abstract
This article considers the ethical dimension of contemporary first-person avowals of genderless or agender subjectivity. Drawing on Talia Mae Bettcher’s transfeminist account of transgender first-person authority and Simone de Beauvoir’s existentialist notion of choice, the author argues that authentic first-person avowals of genderlessness are gestures that pursue ethical self–other relations. In doing so, this article reconciles Beauvoir’s claim that a woman who says she is “just human” is in bad faith with genderless trans subjectivities.
| All Time | Past Year | Past 30 Days | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abstract Views | 956 | 252 | 26 |
| Full Text Views | 117 | 45 | 9 |
| PDF Views & Downloads | 241 | 97 | 21 |