The Evil Creation

One of the things that I find most interesting about a lot of the ideas about women and sexism is that it ties in with other isms so well. I have stated before that I took a class sociology class on minority group relations and a lot of the information that applies to race struggles applies to women’s struggles. Wittig’s main idea in her essay is that women were merely created by society. She explains that by admitting there is a natural difference between men and women, we in return think that this has always existed and do not question it. She gives a very good example in her essay when she says, “They are seen as Black, therefore they are Black” and “They are seen as Women, therefore they are Women.” This is what really made me think back to what I have learned in the past which directly applies to this issue. Race is socially constructed. This means that society makes up a race based on differences. When a person is born, they are not born being white or black. Yes they may look different, but there is no label on them until it is placed upon them. We as a society look at the differences between each other and place people in categories. By doing this, a dominant group is able to be established. If everyone was just looked at as human, everyone would be equal. However, in the strive for power, groups are formed just so that one can be over the other. Males and females are not born men and women. When born, they may have different body parts, but that is the only thing. It is not until we start making up norms for each sex and placing labels on each sex that we create men and women.