C of L49 "it's the little things that remind me of genius"

[Becky Lindroos]

Of course ye olde “double reciprocal incarnation” is still in effect and likely with extreme non-lesbian feminists.    I take the word “reciprocal”  to mean that the woman is looking back - understanding and then “the look” is returned again - doubled.”   - Or maybe she looked first - who knows?  - lol 

What is [NB pierce] ?  Because I don’t see where Oedipa is reciprocating the look in your citation.  That “reciprocation” is vital to feminists - whether it’s with a strong man or not is kind of beside the point (to me)  - some women like that “Come here, Woman”  look,  some don’t.  I don’t - not if it’s not absolutely known by the male that I will reciprocate - then "strong man” can be very nice.  

So to me it feels like Pynchon is saying that Oedipa was dominated by the look without the reciprocal part.  Um … that’s not how it works. 

Becky 



> On Jan 15, 2016, at 4:40 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The Gaze, the male gaze, a 1975 phrase by a feminist film critic
> has gathered much more use in recent decades.
> 
> In Purity, Franzen actually uses an the capitalized Gaze--in the
> middle of a sentence, which must leave some to say, wha?--- to
> describe men looking at Purity.
> 
> This goes back further than 75, I read Sartre on 'the look' in Being
> And Nothingness
> in college. I've confirmed my memory is not corrupted.
> 
> Sartre explains that "the look" is the basis for sexual desire,
> declaring that a biological motivation for sex does not exist.
> Instead, "double reciprocal incarnation" is a form of mutual awareness
> which Sartre takes to be at the heart of the sexual experience.
> 
> 
> Lot 49. p. 29 "his radiant eyes flew open, pierced her [NB pierce], as
> if she could feel the sharpness somewhere vague between her breasts.
> She sank with an enormous sigh that carried all rigidity
> like a mythical fluid from her, down next to him, so weak she couldn't
> help him undress her"   ....
> 
> I've heard stories, read stories, lived one in my Western world about
> experiences like the above. 'Double reciprocal incarnation' indeed.
> 
> True still or true in 1966 or an anti-feminist stereotype akin to P's
> trope/insight that many women
> like....a perceived 'strong man'?
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