The premise of this paper is that the language of science, like language in general, is neither asexual nor neutral. The essay demonstrates the various ways in which the non-neutrality of the subject of science is expressed and proposes that there is a need to analyze the laws that determine the acceptability of language and discourse in order to interpret their connection to a sexed logic.
The “Mechanics” of Fluids
The paper argues that science’s focus on the ideal and stable hides, and thus contributes to the silencing of, the real and fluid, which corresponds to womanhood.
The Language of Man
This paper enumerates Irigaray’s main arguments and thoughts regarding the gendered nature of language and “the logos”.