“Doing something very common, in my own way”: the growth of a woman's consciousness The history of human civilization has put centuries to form and it continues to evolve each time. instant. We have never spoken of a “civilization of men” or a “civilization of women”, which testifies to the fact that men and women start from the same platform. The difference nevertheless lies in the evolutionary trajectory of these subspecies. But what could have caused this distinction? The division between the public and private spheres has much to do with the formation of the categories of “man” and “woman.” It is these spheres which have long determined the status of both, and it is not surprising that the public has been associated with man as the private with woman. But what has raised the public representative to such a high altar, leaving the personal representative at the bottom? Man and his machismo have achieved a sense of permanence in the world order, symbolized by patriarchy. The woman, on the other hand, has achieved simple objectification within this omnipresent patriarchal force. The patriarchal logic is simple and effective: the public supports the staff and the one who supports it is more powerful than the supported. The man belongs to the first category and the woman to the second. What is needed, then, to return to the harmony with which it all began is an upheaval of the boundaries created between the public and the private. The responsibility for this task falls, by default, to the woman. Why on women? Well, because power is the ultimate human instinct and why would man want to give it up when it is at its peak? Perhaps this is where the women's movement emerged. There is a clear need to bring ...... middle of paper ...... men. And that's what I don't want. (40) It is important that we do not totally eliminate or view negatively the role of men in this issue of women's growth. Men are just as much victims of socially constructed gender roles. Selfishness, ambition and success are imposed on men just as docile and selfless love is expected of women. If the role of women as such is stifling, it is only natural for men to feel burdened in their role as well. Therefore, "when women come to understand themselves better, men will also not be troubled when they find a woman who is very creative, but will let her move forward in her own way without seeing her as a threat or a fearful tyrant." (Nin 94). “The awakening of the dead or sleeping consciousness” of women therefore affects not only women but also “men, even those who deny its claims over them” (Rich 189). It's liberating for both.