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rienceasafeminineboyasfollows:ÒTherewasthissenseofotherness.Youknow,notbeingthenorm,notthenormalboy.ButIdonÕtknow,Ifeellikecivilizationhasrobbedmeofthewordstodescribethis.ÓFollowingonJesseÕssentiment,Iturninthispapertoboyswhostruggletolay 2008;Zucker&Bradley,1995;Zucker&Green,1989)tothetheologicalclaimsandexplicitac-tivismofChristianpsychology(Nicolosi,1993;Nicolosi&Nicolosi,2002;Rekers,1995).Whetherthefocusisonpsychictraumaortheperilsofsin,thepresuppositionsofmasculinityre-main the same. Unquestioned.REGULATORY ANXIETYDistinctfrommostmodernconsiderationsofgender,noeffortismadecriticallytotheorizegen-derwhenthinkingaboutfeminineboys.Assuch,thisbodyofworkbearsthemarkofakindofgenerationgapÑsageexpertstuningoutthequeerrapofpostmodernism,feminism,andqueertheory.Consequently,weareleftwithmodesofdiagnosisandtreatmentthatareoutofsynchwithmodernsociallife;modesofcarethatdonotproceedfromanadequateunderstandingoftherangethatismasculinity,andthemutabilitythatisgender;modesofcarethatcannotseebeyondnorma-tive presumption to the possibility of mobility and transformation.ConsiderhowZuckerandBradley(1995)swatatconsiderationsofÒsocialoppressionÓasputforthbyÒsocialconstructivistsÓwhomtheysummarilywriteoffastheÒcontemporarygadfliesofpsychiatryÓ(p.55).Andagain,howZucker(2008)registeredhisannoyanceashespeaksaboutfeminismandthemodernsociallifeofgender:ÒLinkedtotheso-calledÔsecondwaveÕfeministrevolutionofthe1960s,manywritersbegantochallengetheÔstraightjacketÕoftraditionalsex-typedchild-rearingpracticesÓ(p.30).Mightwenotreasonablyagreethatfeminismhasmovedatthisjuncturebeyondanallegedsocialmovement?Mightwenotalsoagreethatfemi-nismhascontributedtoavitalreconsiderationofchild-rearingpractices,howeversuccessful?Mightwenotagreethatthefeministchallengetotheconstrictingforceofthegenderbinaryhas uralandessential.Genderisroutinelyconflatedwithanatomy,andgenderisroutinelyconflatedwiththatwhichproducesourdesiresandpersonalitytraits.Maletraitsarelinkedwiththedesire IamremindedhereofMitchell,aboyIsawafterhiskindergartenteachertoldhisparentsdur-ingamidyearparentÐteacherconferencethatshedidnÕtthinkMitchell,(ÒthiskindofboyÓ)fitintheprivateprepschoolhewasattending.ItseemedhewasÒtoopudgy,ÓÒtoocolorful,ÓhadÒtoomuchtosay,ÓofteninaÒmostanimatedÓway,andthataboveall,hefelttoomuchÑÒsometimes howhewastalkingabouthisschool.Hereplied,ÒOhno,Mrs.R.[histeacher]wouldnÕtlikeit.Anyhow,cakemakesyoufat.ÓHethendrewaseriesofbluestripes,asthoughthecakewereleak-ing.Orwasitimprisoned?Isaidthatitlookedlikethecakewascrying.Hereplied,ÒNo,cakesdonÕtcry.ÓIthenaskedifthecakewasinjail.Helookedatmecuriouslyandsaid,ÒCakesdonÕtgotojail!ÓIsaidinfactthatwastrue.Butthatsometimes,pinkboysdidgetintrouble.Andthatsometimes, boys who are in trouble, cry.Anothercuriouslook.Anotherdrawing.Thisoneinpencil:aratherwell-renderedmetronome, causeitrepresentsadefenseagainstseparationfromthemother,andanxietyaboutassumingaboyÕsproperplacealongsidehisfatherwithinthesymbolicorder.Idonotnecessarilydisagreewiththesetraditionaldescriptionsatleastastheyconfigureafeminineboyinrelationtothepre-vailingsymbolic.Idothinkfeminineboysexperiencedifficultyinseparatingfromtheirmothersandattachingtotheirfathers.Idonot,however,agreewiththepresumptionthatthismotherÐsonfatherÐsonconfigurationisnecessarilypathological,orthatthesemarginalboysareonthemarginonly as the consequence of trauma or relational insufficiency.TraumainthenormativesubjectÕseyesmaybethetransformativeundoingofnormativeorderinthevariantsubjectÕsquesttoresistassimilation.AsJudithButler(2004)soeloquentlyputit,ÒThereisacertaindeparturefromthehumanthattakesplaceinordertostarttheprocessofremak-ingthehumanÓ(p.4).Thedepartureofthefeminineboyisroutinelytakenfortrauma,buttraumafor whom, him or the normative order?PAINÕS REGISTRATIONTheurgencyofaclinicaldiscoursethattheorizesnormsbeyondtheimpressofpunishment,andthesocialbeyondthereductiverhetoricofsocialroles,isperhapsbestillustratedindiscussionsofpainasadvancedbytraditionaltheoristsofboyhoodfemininity.PainasdescribedbyNicolosi participateinrough-and-tumblegamesofotherboyshisage.ÓCraigÒdeclinedtodefendhim-selfwhenwithhispeers,andheexpressedfearsofgettinghurtÓ(p.257).CraigÕsdisinclinationtoplaywithotherboysischaracterizedbyRekersascompulsiveandrigid.OnecouldwonderifCraigmighthavesuggestedtheopposite,wereheableto,thatboysÕpersistentpursuitof father,hequicklyappliedandwasacceptedatanarchitectureschool,whichhappenedtobethesameschoolwherehisfatherhadstudiedlaw.Moreprecisely,wecametounderstandthatlongbe-forehisfatherÕsdeath,Tedhadeffectedthismelancholicincorporation.Earlyon,hehadrejectedhisfatherbutsimultaneouslyincorporatedhimasakindofnever-possibleperfection.Hisfatherwasimposing,handsome,authoritarian,andaccomplished.HefoundTedÕsfemininitytroubling,andoftenÒcoachedÓhiminmorenormativeboyhoodactivities.Tedoftencameupagainsttheshadowofthisobject,atoncedesiringitandrejectingit.Hefeltinturnrejectedbyhisfather,whoappearedtofavorTedÕsolderbrothers,whoweremoreaccomplishedattraditionallymasculine Chodorow, N. 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