An inquiry into "Newly Born Woman"

So, I'm attempting a seminar paper and I am once again frustrated by the fact that I utterly do not understand Cixous and Clement. As defined by "Newly Born Woman" is the hysteric a form of other? I mean, isn't she, in many ways representative of alterity? Esp. if the other exists on in dialect conversation with the normative society?
I know this is a really obscure question, but I thought I'd try to ask. Thanks!