Queer Intersubjectivity: Doing and Undoing Masculinity in Women’s Studies

Abstract

This article uses autobiographical anecdotes to explore the attitudes, decisions, and experience of straight men in Women’s and Gender Studies (WGS) and from this perspective to reflect on the complexities and challenges of queering masculinity for them. In an attempt to focus on the intimate moments of lived gender embodiment, but also to frame a queer ethics grounded in something more tangible that a utopian call for identity disavowal, the article appeals to Jessica Benjamin’s notion of intersubjectivity to enhance the analytical and practical reach of queer theory.