Word: wittig
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Perhaps I did not understand all of what Monica Wittig, lesbian advocate, was saying the other night at the Radcliffe Forum. Clearly enough, Wittig sees men as an oppressor class, women as oppresses. Clearly, too, Wittig believes women should "fight" to break free of oppression, even making use of "military bases...
...believe I heard Wittig say that heterosexuality itself is the source of oppression. Obviously enough, a lesbian's use for males is at best limited, even in reproduction, which these days can be accomplished with minimal male participation...
Nevertheless, one wonders what role mankind might be expected to play in any non-sexist order. Asked what help men might be to the new-woman's cause, Wittig answered, "Not much." Probably true...
...Wittig's object is to overcome oppression through heightened consciousness and personal sensitivity regardless of sex, that's one thing. But in setting up a class struggle scenario, any advocate risks prescribing an outcome where either once class of oppressor continues its oppression, or a new class of oppressor takes the reins. Is it possible that under some new system the male role in society could be limited strictly to sperm production...
Lesbians, who have left behind their "dependence on men," must lead the fight to end the oppression of women. Wittig said that ultimately, men and women will "cease to have reality as classes" and a free lesbian community will exist...