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'Remaining only in sameness or impersonal neutrality leads either to paralysis or to uncontrollable acceleration, says Luce Irigaray. Respecting qualitative difference between the sexes, on the other hand, creates energy and movement, and, crucially, a means of permanently regulating it. This is especially important in an era of technology and multiculturalism, she argues, most obviously at the level of sexual discourse. Luce Irigaray is one of Europe s leading intellectuals. Recent books include her Key Writings and Democracy Begins with Two.