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The Genesis of Gender, with Dr. Abigail Favale

Mere Fidelity

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What Are Different Understandings of Sex?

There are different understandings of freedom and that the quote you opened with touches on that idea. So happiness and freedom are found with a sense of belonging or harmony with what is, as opposed to freedom being freedom from limits. There's definitely an understanding that language isn't about naming what's real; it's about naming what you want to be real. But I thought that was well expressed. It's just a helpful thing for people who've not read the book. And there's no way, I mean, it's not like there's a squishy metal. It's like you were creator or a creature and everything's going to fly from that.

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