One of the sad commentaries on the way women are viewed in our society is that we have to fit one category. I have never felt that I had to be in one category.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
There are some people who fit into categories very well. But then there are a lot who don't.
People wanted to put me in one category, I think because it was easier for them.
I don't believe in categorising a gender, as it makes for discord. People always say, 'That's what men are like' or, 'That's what women do'; I don't really feel that at all. I think that's because I have two fathers, three brothers, a husband and two sons. I'm surrounded by maleness, and I couldn't possibly summarise them into a type.
I have never been able to see myself as fitting into one category, and I have never been able to limit my contact with people to one group of people.
Class, race, sexuality, gender and all other categories by which we categorize and dismiss each other need to be excavated from the inside.
Putting myself into categories is fun, and I think it also gives me insight into my own nature. When I see myself more clearly, I can more easily see ways that I might do things differently, to make myself happier. Categories can be unhelpful, however, when they become too all-defining, or when they become an excuse.
I don't like any category; categories are not my favorite subject. They're too confining.
Women, nowhere in the world, have the kind of important position in society in the amount that they ought to have.
I know how it feels to be a woman because I am a woman. And I won't be classified as just a man.
In my community, women are as important as males, and they are playing an equal role in the society.
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