fear

i have a really astute idea for my race & gender paper. but it's out of left field, pretty unexpected. but valid. i know it's a great idea, one that i can prove. so why am i afraid to go through with it?
why are we afraid to take leaps, even if we can guarantee that we'll be caught? why are we so terrified of the less common path? sometimes certainty isn't enough to make it worth the jump. we stick to our well defined paths, to the routes that have been clearly mapped out. maybe we've gotten too used to this guidance, and going our own way is even more of an adventure now.

to add to this: my idea for my paper is about how fear dictated classical gender and race roles. oh, irony. or something like it . . .