Being "pigeonholed" refers to the act of categorizing or stereotyping someone into a specific role or type, often limiting their opportunities or potential.
The term also implies a cage. The report interprets the work as Ward’s argument for self-definition. By voluntarily stepping into a further “pigeonhole” (adult entertainment), she paradoxically escapes the original constraint—choosing her own category rather than accepting an assigned one. maitland ward, “pigeonholed”