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Did Monique Wittig reject the term'woman' in her writing?

  • Yes, she saw it as hindering female freedom

  • No

  • She used it sparingly

  • She generally avoided gendered terms

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Monique Wittig was a French lesbian feminist writer and theorist. She rejected the term "woman" in her writing, arguing that it was a socially constructed category that hindered female freedom. She believed that women should be free to define themselves outside of traditional gender roles and that the term "woman" was inherently oppressive.
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