"I live life in the margins of society, and the rules of normal society don't apply to those who live on the fringe. " - Tamara de Lempicka

If a man and a woman can’t accept each other as equally deserving of space, how can they accept those who live beyond the borders of their norm?

The measure of acceptance begins at the closest edge. If man and woman cannot see each other as equally worthy of space, then the circle of their compassion is already too small. Those who live beyond their familiar borders will always remain on the outside, not because they are unworthy, but because the gatekeepers have not yet learned to open the gate to one another.