Stone, Alison (2003) The sex of nature : a reinterpretation of Irigaray's 'Metaphysics and political thought'. Hypatia: A Journal of Feminist Philosophy, 18 (3). pp. 60-84. ISSN 1527-2001
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I argue that Irigaray's recent work develops a theoretically cogent and politically radical form of realist essentialism. I suggest that she identifies sexual difference with a fundamental difference between the rhythms of percipient fluids constituting women's and men's bodies, supporting this with a philosophy of nature that she justifies phenomenologically and ethically. I explore the politics Irigaray derives from this philosophy, which affirms the sexes' rights to realize the possibilities of their rhythmically diverse bodies.