"Her sexuation continues with a roll around with another woman. What is most striking in this encounter is its resonance to the Mirror Stage. Lacan believed humans to be born prematurely, and it is through mimicry that the identity is founded. This mimicry is fostered in language (“She’ll grow up to be like her mother”) and an actual image of another (be it another child, or merely a reflection in a mirror). It is from this that the speaking being is written. The formation of the specular image, the reflection of one’s body which is simultaneously one’s self and the object of desire, is central to the Mirror Stage. Miss Jones’ lesbian experience is her coming into contact with a woman’s body so as to learn her own. This is emphasized the moment the other woman begins to paint her. Where her experience with the Teacher is focused primarily on the language of sex, this is the crucial moment in the formation of the body."
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