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by men since perhaps, the beginning of time. As such it has been a field that, quite likely, has not taken all possibilities into consideration. Luce Irigaray is one woman
who has taken the philosophers of old and addressed a perspective that suspends "the authority of the one," with that "one" being man (Irigaray NA). In the following paper we
present a summary of Luce Irigarays book "An Ethics of Sexual Difference." An Ethics of Difference In "An Ethics of Sexual Difference" Luce Irigaray essentially takes all the old
philosophers, as well as newer ones, and challenges those gendered perspectives which have seriously dominated the filed of philosophy since the beginning of time. And, not surprisingly, these are the
philosophical ideals that have ruled our world for the most part. From scientific to psychological examinations, philosophy has played a powerful part of cultures, predominantly Western cultures. And, with the
philosophical approaches being male we find, through Irigarays work, that something may well be missing. Irigaray illustrates that the feminine presence has really only been addressed in focusing on
issues of love, or the physical act of love. She argues that a womans space does have validity which "tries to give itself exteriority, to give itself unpunctuated space-time that
is also not orgastic in the limited sense of that word" (Irigaray 64). From a more material perspective we find that Irigaray essentially rejects the tradition of a woman staying
at home. She illustrates that a woman does so through the material support of a mans labor, a labor which controls and confines the woman. In these respects we see
Irigaray stating that unless she has the option or ability to find her "own" desire and her "own" love" (Irigaray 65). We see Irigaray addressing such minds as Plato, Aristotle,
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