What are little boys made of? What are little girls made of? In the creative process, we embark on the journey to become who we are. Someone is never just a boy or a girl, because a person's sexuality is an ongoing process by which one is always becoming and reinventing ways of being. Consequently, human beings become subject to manufacturing under the surveillance of society and culture. Are the subjects more than they become? Marjorie Garber addresses the definition of “male subjectivity” in her essay by questioning what male subjectivity is and the exact place of transsexuals and transvestites in this cultural fantasy. By definition, masculine subjectivity is “a recuperative cultural fantasy, a theoretical formation arising from feminine subjectivity,” where the latter evolved as a politically necessary critique of the universal subject, “man” (321). By inventing this term, society gives power back to men because “to be a subject is to have a phallus” (322). Therefore, in having a phallus there is no room for equality or for a term such as female subjectivity, of which equality is the foundation. This phallus or also known as the penis is the focus of Garber's essay which examines what it means to have a penis and how penis construction is both mentally and physically a challenge trans people face in their continued development in their sexuality. In this essay, I will argue that the penis misrepresents masculinity and trans life, between the blurred lines of captivation of a person's gender identity. In reality, translife is sufficient without the surveillance of becoming and making according to heteronormative cultures, which then remove the sexual organ from the becoming or creation of a man or woman. Garber explores this concept in...... middle of paper ......, literally by embracing feminine desire and reaffirming one's masculinity. Therefore, transvestites create both a personal and public space in which gender and sexuality can coincide. Garber mentions the penis badge validity of transvestite viewing in pronography as the highlight of desiring images. The transvestites are displayed in feminine erotic clothing while their “cock and balls” (324) are always on display. The exposure of the male's genitals and cries provokes the heteronormative and removes the ambiguity of the transvestite. The desiring image then imposes the notion of exposure on all transvestites in order to be desirous. The presentation of the penis and balls reaffirms the insignia of the transvestite's masculinity. Garber tests the construction of gender by assuming that male subjectivity is non-existent.