Monique Wittig Quotes
This is our historical task … To make evident that the category “woman” as well as the category “man” are political and economic categories and not eternal ones. Our aim is to suppress men as a class, not through a genocidal, but a political struggle. Once the class “man” disappears, “woman” as a class will disappear as well, for there are no slaves without masters.
The phrase “Our aim is to suppress men as a class” is often quoted out of context by opponents of feminism. Her concept is much more subtle of course.
Monique Wittig, 1935–2003, French author and feminist theorist, Cofounder of the Mouvement de Libération des Femmes, The Straight Mind and Other Essays, 1992
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She was the 5th female member of the House and its first Jewish member. She was the first woman on the House Military Affairs Committee, and was one of the few Republicans who advocated spending for military preparedness. At the time of her service, many Republicans were strict isolationists and were opposed to peacetime military spending. They accused the Democrats of being war mongers for wanting preparedness and a stronger military, After WWII, most republicans became Hawks, and after the Vietnam War, many Democrats became Doves. After the Iraq War many Republicans became Doves when they discovered that the President (George W. Bush) had either lied to them and the public, or made a major intelligence blunder.
Monique Wittig was a French author, philosopher and feminist theorist who wrote about overcoming socially enforced gender roles and who coined the phrase "heterosexual contract". She published her first novel, L'Opoponax, in 1964. Her second novel, Les Guérillères (1969), was a landmark in lesbian feminism.
