Here are some reasons we swallow our truths: Capitalism: we are taught that love is about belonging to one person or community, and we must contort in order to ensure continued belonging. We are taught that our value is in what we can produce, and emotions impede production. The oppression of supremacy: we are taught that, if we are not white, male, straight, able, wealthy, adult, etc., our truths don’t matter. This starts very early, we are taught that our feelings and thoughts as children are unimportant, that we are to “be seen and not heard.”
