PSYC 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Clitoral Hood, Hijab, Two-Spirit
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Some societies recognize more than two genders. Berdaches or two-spirited: members of one biological sex who adopt the gender identity of the other sex (usually biologically male). We are all special because we are both male and female. We aren"t less than other people, we are more than others because we have a better understanding. Basket and bow: boy given the choice between the basket and the bow: basket: you had both woman and man roles, bow: you continued with only the man role. Male berdache would have to take interest in female tasks (cooking, beading, learn songs, etc. Raw and cooked: words to categorize distinctions in their world. Cooked is when you go through initiations, live with society, etc. Raw is when you are born and when you die, you go back to the raw stage. If you look at it as a gift, you find your place in the world and you value it.
