Rattling the Cages
Cage 1
Cage 1
The Female Specimen
She has replicating DNA
She has learnt that she's alive
She has realised that she will die
She masturbates
She menstruates when fertile
She has grown fully functioning breasts
She produces eggs
She has internal sex organs
She is penetrated during the sex act
She squats to urinate
She is able to have babies
She has developed emotional survival skills
She possesses will power
She clings to infantile belief systems
She understands the world through an innate love
Cage 2
The Male Specimen
He has replicating DNA
He has learnt that he’s alive
He has realised that he will die
He masturbates
He cannot menstruate
He has underdeveloped breasts
He produces sperm
He has external sex organs
He penetrates the female during the sex act
He stands to urinate
He is incapable of having babies
He has developed physical survival skills
He possesses will power
He clings to infantile belief systems
He understands the world through an innate violence
Cage 3
The Mixed-gender Specimen
It has replicating DNA
It has learnt that it’s alive
It has realised that it will die
It masturbates
It menstruates occasionally
It has partly-developed breasts
It produces eggs and sperm
It possesses internal and external sex organs
It both penetrates and is penetrated during the sex act
It can urinate squatting or standing
Its pregnancies always end in miscarriage
It has both emotional and physical survival skills
It possesses will power
It clings to infantile belief systems
It finds it difficult to understanding the world
Cage 4
The Post-human Specimen
Without replicating DNA
Without an awareness of time
Without an awareness of space
Without volition
Without organic nature
Without emotional or physical survival skills
Without will power
Without an ability to believe or disbelieve
Without an ability to develop a human understanding
This theoretical cage is invisible
This theoretical cage will be theoretically empty
This theoretical cage will be theoretically beyond the conceptualising capacity of a human brain
Cage 5
The Mystery Specimen