"Why on earth should it matter if one is a man or a woman or rich or poor or a merchant or a noble if they choose to garden, rides horses, fence, dance, sing, work, care for children, whatever. What you 'are' and what you have has no bearing on what you do, neither restricting nor permitting your actions."
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"I choose to be neither a man nor a woman because I don't feel like either (implying a certain proper role or necessary nature for each)." or "I refuse to be bound by the qualifier of man or woman, I refuse to be bound by society's convictions about what is right for each (implying the same and that society is right)."
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