Sex is the creation of God and sexual differences are essential for procreation, but gender is not God’s creation. It is the creation of patriarchy and serves the male flair for domination. A patriarchal social set up firmly asserts men’s superiority over women and is based not on mutuality but on oppression. It is very clear that during the process of liberation, a woman has to undo so many things, unlock her clutches, and deconstruct the myths and come out of the intricate webs successfully woven around her by the society. She has to wage a relentless battle against the biological trap since her status in the society is determined only by her sex. For many, she is a body and only a body: “Women had no history so they were told and so they believed. And because they had no history, they had no future alternatives” (Lerner, 222). If one gleans through the pages of history, one can understand that there was a systematic move to perceive women only as a sexual being. She was given only a second- class citizenship:
According to the Bible, she is a temptress who has damned the entire human species for eternity because of her sinful, independent action and pursuit of knowledge. In literature, “very often she is presented as a selfless, self-denying, sacrificing, compliment angel – a symbol of purity; or else she is presented as a monster, the villain, victimizer, devourer, predator” (Dhawan 78)

The assumption that persists is that women are fundamentally different from men and this has been the cause of the subordination of women. Patriarchy is justified by the biological differences between men and women and is the causative factor for the universal oppression of women by men.