"as such, the sexual relationship cannot be transposed into a symmetrical relationship between pure..."

“as such, the sexual relationship cannot be transposed into a symmetrical relationship between pure subjects.”



- the sexual relationship is condemned to remain an asymmetrical non-relationship in which the Other, our partner, prior to being a subject, is a Thing, an ‘inhuman partner’

- SLAVOJ ZIZEK http://alterities.tumblr.com/post/116335889807