They say that there is no reality before it has been given shape by words rules regulations. They say that in what concerns them everything has to be remade starting from basic principles. They say that in the first place the vocabulary of every language is to be examined, modified, turned upside down, that every word must be screened.
Monique Wittigthere is no 'feminine writing' ... and one makes a mistake is using and giving currency to this expression.
Monique WittigLanguage casts sheaves of reality upon the social body, stamping it and violently shaping it.
Monique Wittigmen are not born with a faculty for the universal and ... women are not reduced at birth to the particular. The universal has been, and is continually, at every moment, appropriated by men. It does not happen by magic, it must be done. It is an act, a criminal act, perpetrated by one class against another. It is an act carried out at the level of concepts, philosophy, politics.
Monique Wittig