Subjectivity can be found in almost every aspect of society; past, present and future. In other words, whether it is a ruler and his empire, a government and its citizens, or even the subjection of students to the rules of a school, people have always been in a position to be subjected. In this position they are the ones who have no power and control, while those to whom they are subject have power and control. Because of this, the subject might act accordingly towards whoever or whatever he is subject to. In Michel Foucault's essay, Panopticism, he argues that the structure of the Panopticon is similar to the power structure of our society and ultimately falls under the concept of subjectivity. The Panopticon is a prison design consisting of a large room, surrounded by cells for prisoners. In the center there is a tower that allows a guard to monitor the prisoners and keep them in order. But the most important thing is that the guard is not visible to the prisoners from the outside. Foucault states that this creates the suggestion that prisoners are always being watched. Letting prisoners know they are being watched but not when they are being watched gives the watchers maximum power over the prisoner. For this reason, prisoners behave well and follow the rules to avoid being punished by the guard. The guard doesn't even have to be present for the innuendo to work. Another example of the effect is cameras in a store. People know there are cameras, which generally prevent people from stealing because they know they are being watched. Overall, the Panopticon created Panopticism; the theory that when someone is being watched, they have the freedom to do anything, but to act in a certain... medium... society constructs Sojourner Truth into becoming what he doesn't think he deserves to be. She is a woman and wants to be treated equally. However, she is merely subject to and supervised by the Panopticon of a corrupt society. In his chapter on Panopticism, Michael Foucault states: "The Panopticon is a marvelous machine in which, whatever use one wishes to make of it, it produces homogeneous effects of energy." He would say that, despite how corrupt the use of Panopticism was in 1851, it certainly and painfully existed. The Panopticon runs no risk, therefore, that the increase in power created by the panoptic machine could degenerate into tyranny. especially in the South, he saw blacks and women as inferior.