>It is hard to tell whether she denies that biological instinct plays
>a role in shaping sexual "identity" or "desire" in humans. whether
>it is completely determined by culture.
In the passage Doug quoted Butler gives you and others the reassurance you apparently need so desperately. In anticipation of the difficulties people have reading Butler I'll point it out. It's the part where she says "yes, that concession invariably occurs."
>Although at this moment I want to offer an absolute
>reassurance to my interlocutor, some anxiety prevails. To "concede"
>the undeniability of "sex" or its "materiality" is always to concede
>some version of "sex," some formation of "materiality." Is the
>discourse in and through which that concession occurs-and, yes, that
>concession invariably does occur-not itself formative of the very
>phenomenon that it concedes?
If only her interlocutors were as respectful to Butler as she is to them.