ANTH 3240 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Third Gender
17 Apr 2016
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Not seeped in discrimination (more spiritual power or social power than male or female categories) Although bio determines if a person is male or female. Third gender is considered to be a good thing or social status is enhanced. Majority biological males that adopt female genders. Fewer biological females that adopt male gender (except in na indigenous cultures) Lang overview of american indigenous cultures ( men-women, women-men, both ) If you are third gender you swear to never having sex ever again for the rest of your life. Berdache umbrella term from explores as a way to describe the people that they met that were situated as third genders means male prostitutes but weren"t really prostitutes. American indians, first nations who have attributes of both men and women and have both tasks in their communities mixture of men and women"s clothing and seen as a separate gender.
