Members need not give up their cultural identity or religious preference to follow this path.
So bad that you'd give up your freedom, your identity?
You give up your old identity and assume a new one as a member of the tribe.
This had a religious purpose, for the actor was supposed to give up his identity in order to let another speak and act through him.
Giving up your own identity, melting into another culture to get ahead.
Eliza does not give up her male identity yet, though.
You could say there is a certain resistance to giving up one's identity.
Few apply for citizenship out of fear they will have to give up their Korean identity.
And they see going to a university doesn't mean having to give up your identity.
For many of those mothers, giving up their well-established professional identity simply because they have children seems a lot to ask.