Myth is indeed a culprit, just as gendered, ethnicised, rationalised dogmas
are. Language is _able_ to support humanity and is its only hope of
progress. To say "(all?) language supports a changeless, gendered person
embodying a limited number of attributes" is a huge generalisation that is
negated in your following argument which puts forward precisely the
opposite position _in language_.
>what about a personalized, subjective, context-dependent approach?
Every approach is personalized, subjective, and especially
context-dependent. Shared experience of these is the basis of community.
>the journey of a thousand miles that begins with one step.
>the step towards my self.
Such an emphasis on self-reflexiveness is a dangerous kind of selfishness.
Today's societies are severely afflicted with a solipsism that borders on
the pathological. The trip inwards is fine, inevitable in fact, as long as
it is not at the expense of social reflexivity.
Phil Graham
pw.graham who-is-at student.qut.edu.au
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