The milk surprises me. It does not disgust me as much as I thought it would, unless it is not fresh. It is disturbing that a piece of you should go off so quickly. I don't think Freud ever discussed lactation, but the distinction between 'good' and 'bad' bodily products here is very fine. Women leak so much. Perhaps this is why we clean - which is to say that a man who cleans is always 'anal', a woman who cleans is just a woman.

LRB 5 October 2000 | PDF Download