BEYOND THE RIGIDITY OF IDENTITY
English, in particular, is a language of binary imprisonment. It forces the observer to choose, to categorize, to become either “he” or “she,” effectively silencing the nuanced, expansive reality of human experience.
The origins of gender are not found in the ancient texts we cling to, but in the psychological need of the ego to create order through division. We have been conditioned to believe that the myth of Adam and Eve is the singular, immutable truth of creation—a binary starting point that excludes the vast diversity of life.
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