People had a habit of looking at me as if I were some kind of mirror instead of a person. They didn't see me, they saw their own lewd thoughts, then they white-masked themselves by calling me the lewd one.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- People projected their own desires onto her instead of seeing her humanity. They blamed her for the thoughts they refused to acknowledge in themselves.
- In plain terms
- Others saw what they wanted to see in her, not who she really was.
- What can you take from it?
- Don't let others define you by their own biases.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do you know if someone sees you or their projection?
- Who defines your identity?
Another view
Sometimes people genuinely cannot see past their own biases.
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