Sex is full of lies. The body tries to tell the truth. But, it's usually too battered with rules to be heard, and bound with pretenses so it can hardly move. We cripple ourselves with lies.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- He critiques how societal rules and pretenses silence the body's truth, leading people to live inauthentically.
- In plain terms
- Rules and lies stop the body from showing the truth.
- What can you take from it?
- Social norms often force people to hide their true nature.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What rules do you break?
- How true are you?
Another view
It generalizes that all rules suppress truth rather than guide behavior.
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