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米歇尔的形象——尽管在故事中是以男性的自我认同、男性的躯体结束的,但其中同样处处充满女性的影子——这都让我忍不住要写点东西了:


一、复杂的性别意识

①年幼的米歇尔展现出【生理上渴女】与【精神上厌女】的双重特征。
【渴望女性】如其在闺中与艾梅闲话时对艾梅女性特质(手指、嘴唇、肌肤)的注视与性欲的唤起。
【厌恶女性】如在与两位兄长的谈话中展露的对女性象征物(刺绣、珠宝)的厌恶,在后日物语种被指认为白发少女的恶心感等。
(其实两者也是典型父权主义男性特质)

②12岁,聚会席间,米歇尔被男性诗人猥亵后产生厌恶“他看起来没什么力气,却推不开”,此处基于米歇尔的无性与两性特征,又可以作【厌女】【厌男】【恐同】的多重解释,恐惧与喜爱同源。

③在被艾梅指为【同性恋】时,米歇尔的自我认同应当延续了十四年的女性生涯,而此时又展现出【恐同情结】,其中应该既有对自己性别的厌恶,也有对同性恋的厌恶。




二、复杂的性别认同

米歇尔的性别确认在本作中也是很有趣的事情:
①艾梅、仆人、兄弟、父母等都通过第二性征的存在与否,以【客观知识】判定了米歇尔为女性。

②吉赛尔则采取【主观】,从外观和语句来推定米歇尔为男性“魔女肯定是女性吧,您的样子看起来可不是魔女。”(此时她对米歇尔并没有很多了解)

③米歇尔的认定则遵从【观念的输入】,被作为女人养大的他在十四年间都认同自己为女性,但刻板印象让他只了解男女第二性征以外的差距,所以剧情中他并不了解,也不天然认为第二性征决定人的性别,以“肌肉”“骨骼”为标准自我认同为男性。

——性别也是一种观念,是壳(本作米歇尔就将自己嵌套在内)性别认同,并非只是自我认同,也有来自社会的认同(此时认同也有judge的意思在内),这一认同是要求个体被动接受的。



三、最后
其实现代的性别观念已经很先进了,【性别认知障碍】这一病症已经更名为【性别不安】。
本作将米歇尔这一形象以天使的名字(米迦勒)、特质(无性与双性)固定下来,也是一种对性别流动观念的展现。
最后,很令人满意的是,米歇尔在【性别确认】与【爱人重逢】之间选择了【爱人重逢】,这在性别议题上,至少我认为是完整的,即是,这并不是一个会永远困扰人的问题,它屈居于【爱】之下。



“再见,我们的灵魂永不相见。”
——
附:Michael的来历:
From the Hebrew name מִיכָאֵל (Mikha'el) meaning "who is like God?". This is a rhetorical question, implying no person is like God. Michael is one of the archangels in Hebrew tradition and the only one identified as an archangel in the Bible. In the Book of Daniel in the Old Testament he is named as a protector of Israel. In the Book of Revelation in the New Testament he is portrayed as the leader of heaven's armies in the war against Satan, and is thus considered the patron saint of soldiers in Christianity.
The popularity of the saint led to the name being used by nine Byzantine emperors, including Michael VIII Palaeologus who restored the empire in the 13th century. It has been common in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and in England since the 12th century. It has been borne (in various spellings) by rulers of Russia (spelled Михаил), Romania (Mihai), Poland (Michał), and Portugal (Miguel).
In the United States, this name rapidly gained popularity beginning in the 1930s, eventually becoming the most popular male name from 1954 to 1998. However, it was not as overwhelmingly common in the United Kingdom, where it never reached the top spot.
Famous bearers of this name include the British chemist/physicist Michael Faraday (1791-1867), musician Michael Jackson (1958-2009), and basketball player Michael Jordan (1963-).