Suzannah Weiss Knihy

Exploring the concept of binary oppositions, the work delves into how these dualities shape Western thought, establishing a hierarchical structure where one term dominates the other. This framework not only categorizes the world but also perpetuates a violent hierarchy, particularly evident in gender dynamics, where masculine terms are privileged over feminine ones. The analysis highlights the obscured similarities and internal differences within these binaries, emphasizing the critical views of feminist theorists like Luce Irigaray on the implications for societal misogyny.

Subjectified is a book about subjects, objects, and verbs. It is also a book about clothing-optional resorts, group masturbation circles, and sex parties. Suzannah Weiss takes the reader through her adventures as a sex and relationship writer to explore how we can create a world with less objectification and more subjectification — placing women and other marginalized groups in the subject role of sentences and actions. Offering a deeply personal account and powerful critique of sexual empowerment movements, Suzannah Weiss presents a way forward that focuses more on what women desire, and less on what men desire from them. She makes a bold yet compassionate call for women everywhere to inhabit their bodies and hearts — to remain connected to their inner eye and their inner "I," even in a world where they are disproportionately "you," "she," or "them." The book is for everybody wanting to understand themselves better as subjects. Wholeheartedly, the author invites you to follow her search for subjecthood and, should you desire, forge your own path out of objecthood.