SHIFTING SEXES, MOVING STORIES - FEMINIST CONSTRUCTIVIST DIALOGUES

How can constructivism and feminism inform and strengthen one another? The author of this text is a constructivist-feminist hermaphrodite, a nd so s/he addresses this question in the form of an inner dialogue. I nstead of taking sex as a characteristic of individuals, s/he analyzes it as something performed locally in ways that vary from one situatio n to another. Investigating these performances offers constructivism a n interesting theoretical opportunity and a chance to turn away from a sterile anti-epistemological stance. For feminism, a radicalized noti on of the construction of sexes opens up new political spaces and stra tegies. Constructivist texts, moreover, have the potential to ''do'' b oth the contingency and the necessity of our forms of life in their ve ry style.