The Abrahamics think Adam and Eve took a bite of a fig, and immediately realized in their shame that Adam should be wearing slacks and a tie, and Eve should be wearing a poodle skirt and a cardigan with an American flag pin.
That’s how my Hebrew school teacher described it - that the Fruit of Knowledge only taught Adam and Eve to be ashamed of their bodies.
putting on clothes is literally a learned behavior. what would it even mean for gender to be “innate” at this point?
like it’s not even “nature” vs “nurture,” it’s that “nature” is a useless and meaningless framing of manifestly human activities and concepts.
The Abrahamics think Adam and Eve took a bite of a fig, and immediately realized in their shame that Adam should be wearing slacks and a tie, and Eve should be wearing a poodle skirt and a cardigan with an American flag pin.
That’s how my Hebrew school teacher described it - that the Fruit of Knowledge only taught Adam and Eve to be ashamed of their bodies.