>Why are people so desperate to cling to labels? Because to exist in any society you need to figure out what you are in relation to that society. If you can't

>Why are people so desperate to cling to labels? Because to exist in any society you need to figure out what you are in relation to that society. If you can't answer "who am I", how could you figure out "what should I do with my life". Identity itself is neither good or bad, but it is inevitable. The labels are just short hands to communicate an identity.