Asserting the fundamental human right to intellectual inquiry regardless of how cisgender identity prescribes which questions are appropriate to ask.
Sor Juana famously asserted her right to study theology, mathematics, music, and philosophy—fields deemed inappropriate for women regardless of individual aptitude or interest. The Right to Curiosity is the principle that intellectual hunger is not gendered; cisgender identity should not determine which domains you are permitted to explore. For those examining cisgender identity, this means recognizing both privileges and constraints: you may be encouraged to be curious in certain directions while discouraged from others. A cisgender woman might be praised for intellectual work in humanities but steered from physics. A cisgender man might be expected to be curious about competition but discouraged from exploring emotional intelligence. This concept reclaims curiosity as fundamental and ungendered. Sor Juana's passionate defense of her intellectual range—across domains—models how to assert that your cisgender identity does not determine the legitimate scope of your mind. It invites you to examine where you have internalized gendered limits on your own curiosity.
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