The book is a collection of essays that deconstructs the male-dominated history of Western philosophy and psychoanalysis. Irigaray argues that Western culture is "monosexual," meaning it recognizes only one sex—the male—and defines woman not as her own distinct entity, but merely as a "negative" or a lack of the male.
In one of the book's most famous chapters, Irigaray applies Marxist theory to gender relations. She argues that patriarchal society is based on the exchange of women between men. This Sex Which Is Not One
This exchange establishes and maintains the social bonds between men, a system she calls "hommo-sexuality" (a play on the French word for man, homme ), meaning a monopoly of the same. ⚡ Style and Method: "Écriture Féminine" The book is a collection of essays that
It bridges the gap between psychoanalysis, structuralism, and radical feminism. She argues that patriarchal society is based on