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Investigates the tensions between mainstream moral issues & trans-sexual & trans-gender identities to argue that "trans" trouble is actually a profound critique of discourse that naturalizes commonplace concepts constructed about humans or ethical subjects. This critique fulfills the radical deconstruction potential that post-structuralist theorization has articulated with respect to individual identity, reproduction, sex, sexualit/ies, & gender. The theory & practice of trans-sexuality marks an important stage in every definition of the human person, & therefore the ethical subject. Although gender trouble is here to stay, philosophical conceptualizations of the human subject must now embrace conceptions of the "other" in new & complex ways. References. J. Harwell

AbstractMasculine identity confers advantages over the feminine 'other', but works differently and in a twofold way. 'Man' as the generic representation of 'the human' is only apparently de-gendered or gender-neutral. It is in fact gendered masculine and defined within heteronormativity and homophobia. However, there are also overtly gendered roles for men, though these are characteristically represented in selective and flattering ways. Men therefore have little need for an 'identity politics' to work against an oppressive norm. Rather they are positioned against each other within competitive hierarchies, which are co-defined with the values and structures of militarism and capitalism.