Talk:Gayle Rubin

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I removed the following text from the body of the article as it lacks references, and is more of a (seemingly original) critique than than explanation of her work.

She sees the Oedipal complex as the obvious explanation for gender differences. Genes and hormones don't explain anything. Kinship is a form of integration based on gift exchange with the exchange of women being the most symbolic. In return for the women the man gives her the phallus. The daughter in Rubin’s account also desires the mother, but her desire ends when she realizes she does not possess the phallus. Similarly the son’s fear of castration by the father for giving his mother his phallus breaks the sexual tie with the mother. The incest taboo, as Rubin calls it, is also an insurance that integration occurs between families.

ntennis 23:49, 12 January 2006 (UTC)

I put this paragraph back in, with a few edits, and referenced it - "Traffic in Women..." —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.57.91.64 (talk • contribs)

I don't feel this is a cogent summary of this work. Please read Wikipedia:No original research and Wikipedia:Neutral point of view. I replaced it with an overview that is more in keeping with scholarly accounts of the essay. ntennis 00:47, 29 April 2006 (UTC)