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1、SEX,POWER,ANDTHEPOLITICSOFIDENTITY*Q.Yousuggestinyourworkthatsexualliberationisnotsomuchtheuncoveringofsecrettruthsaboutone'sselforone'sdesireasitisapartoftheprocessofdefiningandconstructingdesire.Whataretheprac-ticalimplicationsofthisdistinction?M.F.WhatIm
2、eantwasthatIthinkwhatthegaymovementneedsnowismuchmoretheartoflifethanascienceorscientificknowledge(orps~udoscientificknowledge)ofwhatsexualityis.Sexualityisapartofourbehavior.It'sapartofourworldfreedom.Sexualityissomethingthatweourselvescreate-itisourowncre
3、ation,andmuchmorethanthediscoveryofasecretsideofourdesire.Wehavetounderstandthatwithourdesires,throughourdesires,gonewformsofrelationships,newformsoflove,newformsofcreation.Sexisnotafatality:it'sapossibilityforcreativelife.Q.That'sbasicallywhatyou'regetting
4、atwhenyousuggestthatweshouldtrytobecomegay-notjusttoreassertourselvesasgay.M.F.Yes,that'sit.Wedon'thavetodiscoverthatwearehomosexuals.Q-Orwhatthemeaningofthatis?M.F.Exactly.Rather,wehavetocreateagaylife.Tobecome.Q.Andthisissomethingwithoutlimits?M.F.Yes,sur
5、e,Ithinkwhenyoulookatthedifferentwayspeoplehaveexperiencedtheirownsexualfreedoms-thewaytheyhavecre-atedtheirworksofart-youwouldhavetosaythatsexuality,aswenow"flow-it,hasbecomeoneofthemostcreativesourcesofoursocietyand.--*ThisinterviewwasconductedbyB.(;allag
6、herandA.WilsoninTorontoinJune1982.'Â¥PPeareinTheAdvocate'400(7August1984),pp.26-30and58.164Ethics:SubjectivityandTruthSex,Power,andthePoliticsofIdentity165ourbeing.Myviewisthatweshouldunderstanditinthereverseway:like,ofneglectedpartsofthebodyandthearticulat
7、ionofnewplea-theworldregardssexualityasthesecretofthecreativeculturallife;itsures?Iamthinking,obviously,ofthesalientaspectsofwhatwecallis,rather,aprocessofourhavingtocreateanewculturallifeunder-he@etto-pornmovies,clubsforS&Morfistfucking,andsoforth.neaththe
8、groundofoursexualchoices.lsthismerelyanextensionintoanothersphereofthegeneralprolif-Q.Practicallyspeaking,oneoftheeffectsoftryingtouncoverthaterationofsexualdiscoursessincethenineteenthcentury,ordoyous
