Inte bitch men butch - En kort queerteoretisk hjälpreda för feminister

Abstract

This article addresses the shortcomings of some feminist readings of queer genders. Focussing on masculinity without men, this article discusses the aesthetics and gender politics surrounding butch/femme roles within lesbian tradition. The butch/femme role-playing is excisting not because it represents heterosexual desire and gender(s), but because it does not. As a site of resistance, the butch/femme role-playing challenges heteronormativity in a society where heterosexuality is the dominant code that defines (and in a sense creates) all sexualities, no matter whether we choose to participate or not.