ABSTRACT
I suggested at the close of the previous chapter that, in order to put sexual difference into ethics, it is necessary to account for (a) the social constitution and significance of embodiment (sexed embodiment in particular) and (b) the genesis of identity and difference. What follows is both an elaboration of what I mean by the social constitution of embodiment, with reference to the work of Michel Foucault, and a justification for the inclusion of this problematic under the umbrella of ethics. In the second section of the chapter I will discuss the need to rethink the production of individual identity and difference.
