Individualism treats us as splendidly isolated beings, our real selves fountains of ideas and desires but impenetrable to anything from the outside.
How ever did we get this idea? By ignoring the body. If the body is at all a clue to the secret of human life, it shows us that we are anything but impenetrable. Only males could ever begin to think otherwise. But, male or female, our bodies are full of holes, highly permeable, and we are always taking the world in and ex-pelling what’s inside.
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