I identify as ‘ human ’

If I were a rabbit I would wear a rabbit fur. I’d hunker down on all fours. I’d nibble grass and would hide in my burrow at the first sign of danger. If I were a tiger, I would walk the steppe or pace my cage, I would wear my striped coat and run from the hunters gun and chase the game that feeds me If I were a fish, I would never come up for air out of the ocean, lake or stream that is my home. But I am neither rabbit, tiger or fish; I am human. The skin that clothes my body defines my humanity. It does not mark me as better or less than any other human, it just is what it is. It is the glue that holds this body together. The bones, ligaments, muscles and organs within my skin casing show I am human when the flesh is stripped away. The archaeologist of the future will not know who I am, but they will know that I was here. The colour of my hair and eyes simply says these are the genes passed down to me by generations of those in my family. My language says more about who I grew up with and where that was rather than anything fundamental about who I am a person. My clothes are those given to me or bought by me, they do not say anything other than one of these two things. My beliefs are the product of my upbringing, my environment, the culture that surrounded me and my own personal thoughts. They do not mark me out as less than human, they simply confirm my human status. Your attitudes towards my culture say more about you than they do about me! Your gender and mine...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - Category: OBGYN Authors: Tags: Spirituality humanity identity self-belief Source Type: news