ANTH 100A Lecture Notes - Lecture 59: Gender Role, Grammatical Gender, Nursery Rhyme
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Biological males who reject the usual gender role of bison hunter, raider, and warrior. Dressed, spoke and styled their hair like women and undertook female activities. Much broader, inclusive definition that may/may not include sexuality. Nursery rhyme about four distinct genders: girl, boy, bakla, tomyboy . Some self-identity as women others as third gender. About gender not sex; few have sex reassigned surgery. Dating each other prohibited (seen as incestuous) Economically integrated into filipino society (stereotypical beaut salon worker) Much variation in terms of transgender identity in south asia. Assigned male at birth, feminine gender identity. Traditionally were initiation rites adoption process. Few employment opportunities, face violence, issues with housing and access to health care. Gender and sex are both connected with our bodies. In some cases our bodies represent our sex and our gender but in other cases our bodies may be different from the sex and/or gender we identify with.
