Reading Room: A Talk with the Author

The Logics of Sexed Being

Gisèle Chaboudez

Saturday, March 7, 2026 • 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (ET)

Since Freud, psychoanalysis has updated its thinking about sex. With Lacan, the pan-phallic logic of the Oedipal, the male norm, gave way to a female logic of the not-all, acknowledging another jouissance. The phallic function remains, but it’s no longer exclusive.

Location: Online via Zoom.

Fee: Attendance is free and open to the public. Registration details to follow

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Gisèle Chaboudez is a psychiatrist and psychoanalyst practicing in Paris. Formed by Jacques Lacan, she has been a director of medico-psychological centers and taught at Université Paris VIII. She is editor-in-chief of the magazine Figures de la psychanalyse and a member of Espace Analytique, where she teaches. Her books include Rapport sexuel et rapport des sexes (Denoël, 2004), Ce qui noue le corps au langage (Hermann, 2019), L’équation des rêves (érès, 2019), Féminité singulière (érès, 2020), Féminismes et féminités, le tout et le pas tout (érès, 2022), What Can We Know about Sex? A Lacanian Study about Sex and Gender (Routledge, 2022), and The Feminine Deal (Agincourt Press, Seahorse Imprint, 2024).