Acharya Prashant explains that a truly religious person must transcend the psychological states of being either masculine or feminine. He asserts that being associated with only one gender identity is a state of suffering, whereas seeing both together allows one to realize they are mutually dependent and essentially one. He describes how gender identity is reactive; a person becomes a 'man' or a 'woman' only in the presence or thought of the other. Without this identification, one is simply consciousness or attentiveness, free from the partitions of gender. He uses the example of Shri Buddha, who did not perceive people through the lens of gender, to illustrate a state of vacant emptiness and witnessing. He further analyzes the psychological traits associated with these identities, characterizing the masculine ego as active and overtly violent, and the feminine ego as passive, expressing itself through jealousy and covert violence. Both states arise from a sense of insecurity and incompletion. Acharya Prashant critiques the tendency to praise one gender over the other, noting that such comparisons are meaningless as both are incomplete and imaginary. He specifically warns against putting women on a pedestal for virtues like tolerance or adaptability, arguing that this only reinforces their bondage and praises what is essentially their 'hell.' He concludes by stating that creativity does not belong to gender; a person is only truly creative when they are not identified as a man or a woman.
