Frankly, [the definition of woman] is a problem that the lesbians do not have because of a change of perspective. 'Woman' has meaning only in heterosexual systems of thought and heterosexual, economic systems. Lesbians are not women.
One is a writer, or one is not. - Monique Wittig
One is a writer, or one is not.
- Monique Wittig
It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary. The contrary would be to say that sex creates oppression, or to say that the cause (origin) o… - Monique Wittig
It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary. The contrary would be to say that sex creates oppression, or to say that the cause (origin) o…
A materialist feminist approach to women's oppression destroys the idea that women are a 'natural group' . . . What the analysis accomplishes on the … - Monique Wittig
A materialist feminist approach to women's oppression destroys the idea that women are a 'natural group' . . . What the analysis accomplishes on the …
The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft. - Monique Wittig
The dictionary is, however, only a rough draft.
Today, together, let us repeat as our slogan that all trace of violence must disappear from this earth, then the sun will be honey-colored and music … - Monique Wittig
Today, together, let us repeat as our slogan that all trace of violence must disappear from this earth, then the sun will be honey-colored and music …
The category of sex is the political category that founds society as heterosexual. - Monique Wittig
The category of sex is the political category that founds society as heterosexual.
Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it. - Monique Wittig
Language casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.
For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary. - Monique Wittig
For there is no sex. There is but sex that is oppressed and sex that oppresses. It is oppression that creates sex and not the contrary.
Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible - Monique Wittig
Not only do we naturalize history, but also consequently we naturalize the social phenomena which express our oppression, making change impossible
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