ABSTRACT

When behaviours or character traits match sociocultural expectation, heteronomy is a natural suspicion. A further natural suspicion is that the behaviours or character traits are unhealthy for the agent or for objectives of social justice and liberation. Second Wave feminism therefore includes a robust narrative of unease about female self-sexualisation. Third Wave feminism has more upbeat narratives of the latter, in terms of confidence and empowerment. The preceding tension is refracted through cases such as Ronda Rousey and ‘derby girls’, as well as those of many less ostentatious women. It is argued that such self-sexualisation can be autonomous as opposed to heteronomous. It is argued, furthermore, that it is not a priori unhealthy for the agent and that autonomous female self-sexualisation admits of degrees of self-consciousness and articulacy. At the same time, such self-sexualisation takes place within gendered social structures, with consequences that legitimate the reinvocation of Second Wave motifs such as the commodification of female sexuality and the privileging of precise images of female sexuality.

摘要

当行为或性格特征符合社会文化期望时，他律是一种自然的怀疑。进一步的自然怀疑是行为或性格特征不利于代理人或不利于社会正义和解放的目标。因此，第二波女权主义包含了对女性自我性化的不安的有力叙述。第三波女权主义在自信和赋权方面对后者有更乐观的叙述。前面的紧张局势通过 Ronda Rousey 和“德比女孩”等案例以及许多不那么张扬的女性的案例折射出来。有人认为，这种自我性化可以是自主的，而不是他律的。此外，有人认为，这对代理人来说并不是先验的不健康，并且自主的女性自我性化承认一定程度的自我意识和表达能力。与此同时，这种自我性化发生在性别化的社会结构中，其后果使第二次浪潮主题的重新唤起合法化，例如女性性行为的商品化和女性性行为的精确图像的特权。