▁Warner ' s ▁book ▁as ▁a ▁classic ▁in ▁the ▁field ▁of ▁the ▁debate ▁on ▁normal cy . ▁ ▁Que er ▁the or ist ▁Jud ith ▁Butler , ▁with ▁whose ▁idea ▁of ▁the ▁necessarily ▁trans gress ive ▁nature ▁of ▁que ern ess ▁Warner ▁takes ▁issue , ▁called ▁the ▁book ▁" bra ve ▁and ▁tim ely ", ▁app la ud ing ▁its ▁analysis ▁of ▁sexual ▁shame ▁and ▁not ing ▁that ▁" one ▁may ▁not ▁con cur ▁with ▁every ▁word , ▁but ▁everyone ▁will ▁att est ▁to ▁the ▁power ▁and ▁necessity ▁of ▁the ▁in valu able ▁critical ▁voice ▁offered ▁here ." ▁The ▁phil os opher ▁Mar tha ▁N uss baum , ▁writing ▁in ▁The ▁New ▁Republic , ▁pra ised ▁the ▁book ' s ▁moral ▁opposition ▁to ▁" the ▁dom ination ▁of ▁the ▁' normal ': ▁" W ar ner ▁is ▁a ▁de ft ▁and ▁thought ful ▁writer ▁who ▁turns ▁his ▁own ▁experience ▁of ▁the ▁marg ins ▁into ▁a ▁source ▁of ▁genu ine ▁understanding ▁about ▁America ▁and ▁its ▁sexual ▁politics ... what ▁Warner ' s ▁book ▁finally ▁dem ands ▁of ▁us ▁is ... gen u ine ▁reflection ." ▁N uss baum ▁later ▁called ▁the ▁book ▁" clear ly ▁written ▁and ▁argued , ▁insight ful ▁about ▁human ▁life , ▁and ▁valuable ▁both ▁in ▁its ▁theoretical ▁analysis ▁and ▁its ▁recommend ations ▁for ▁practice ." ▁ ▁Kirk us ▁Re views ▁pra ised ▁the ▁" la pid ary ▁skill " ▁with ▁which ▁the ▁book ▁critic ized ▁heter on orm ativity , ▁but ▁object ed ▁to ▁its ▁emphas is ▁on ▁the ▁need