A funny thing happened to us as time went by.  The more we sought our answers in the study of other people, the more we manipulated their movements and their lives.  We became skilled at this and called it entertainment instead of science.  Now it's no longer a matter of understanding, but a matter of exerting control over our surroundings and in a sort of mirror reflection way, life itself. 

These moving images, however, are mere creative illusions.  They don't really have power until they are accepted and given meaning by viewers.  Until they are receive and accepted as reality, they are only shadows on the wall of Plato's cave

When they are accepted, the viewer must take responsibility for allowing someone else to define what the image of male and female really is. 

Photograph by Linda W. Papa