i watched a documentary in the eighties about third gender people who say they are neither man nor woman .they had shaved hair etc.im deadly serious..has anyone else heard of this or did i imagine it??
2006-08-01 07:57:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
I've heard of something like this. They didn't want to be either male or female and were happy to be androgynous. It was part of Kathy Griffin's "Life on the D List." She was entertaining at a gathering of such people.
2006-08-01 08:02:07 · answer #1 · answered by xenomorph_girl 3 · 5⤊ 0⤋
I'm transgendered, and out to the world. I don't know about the rest of them. I assume most of them are in hiding...we DO live in the most bigoted country in the world you know.
I've been out for over five years, had a boob job (I'm M2F), on hormone treatments and live full time as a woman. Unfortunately, most of the 'third gender' are usually in the closet or its just about sex to them. Also keep in mind that surgeries and other procedures today could make Grizzly Adams look like swimsuit model. Most of those that have this done keep it to themselves and never tell anyone and nobody can tell the difference. I have heard that over 125000 M2F transgenders now live in the USA and you cannot tell the diff. So, guys, are you SURE your girlfriend is a woman? LOL :-)
As far as non-genders, you are talking about eunuchs. They do not have a penis or vagina or breasts. Do a search on it, I am not very familiar with that sect of people.
2006-08-01 08:09:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The terms third gender and third sex arose from attempts to describe individuals or societies whose sex, gender role, gender identity or sexual orientation does not fit within a binary scheme of (heterosexual) male and female. It may represent an intermediate state between men and women, a state of being both (such as "the spirit of a man in the body of a woman"), the state of being neither (neuter), the ability to cross or swap genders, or another category altogether independent of male and female. This last definition is favored by those who argue for a strict interpretation of the "third gender" concept.
The term has been used to describe Hijras of India and Pakistan,[1] Fa'afafine of Polynesia, and Sworn virgins of the Balkans,[2] among others, and is also used by many of such groups and individuals to describe themselves. In the Western world, lesbian, gay, transgender and intersex people have been described as belonging to a third sex or gender, although many object to this characterisation.
The term "third" is usually understood to mean "other"; some anthropologists and sociologists have described fourth,[3] fifth,[4] and many[5] genders.
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I cut an pasted so I prolly shouldn't get the ten points!
2006-08-01 18:35:06 · answer #3 · answered by Mithrandir_black 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah lisa, av heard of the third gender...probably just another word for androgeny lol, or maybe its the opposite, a kind of neutral nothingness thing.
someone suggested to me that i was third gender, because i am so androgynous looking. i thought it was strange of them to think that because i see myself as a woman, especially when the moon is full, and i turn into a werewolf.
whoops! pretty much defeated me own argument there like lol.
as for folk who feel they are neither man nor woman, bless them, we are arl the goddess' bonny bairns.
love n peace, swot xxx
i used to be a vampire, but am arlright nowooooooo...i can smell garlic...
2006-08-01 11:36:06 · answer #4 · answered by swot 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are people that feel they have strong attributes of both sexes, they would not want to label them selves there for "third gender". Although I don't understand the why for this, I fully support their right to dress and be called what ever they want.
Tammi Dee
2006-08-01 08:50:51 · answer #5 · answered by tammidee10 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
what custom did you come back from? because the version is u.s. isn't one custom.. its a very multicultural united states with tens of millions of folk from many alternative cultures residing mutually.. for this reason having a unified custom or code of regulations etc should be demanding to do. you aspect available is not any more effective gender roles or non secular education.. nicely in my opinion i don't believe of a society *needs* to have those issues with the intention to prosper.. typically i hit upon that they can make it worse
2016-10-15 10:40:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that there's such a broad range of gender expressions now that while that still exists, it's not the only thing going on anymore. There's genderqueer, bigender, androgony etc. ::shrug::
2006-08-01 13:33:02 · answer #7 · answered by Atropis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are people who are born with characteristics and physiology of both genders. I've only heard very little about this though.
2006-08-01 08:19:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I saw something on the Phil Donahue show about hermaphrodites, but I think that might be different than what you describe.
2006-08-01 08:10:13 · answer #9 · answered by catarina 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I actualy saw this doco, it was Kathy Griffin's D list or something like that,and what about the Maori's who live just like this??
2006-08-02 05:25:40 · answer #10 · answered by Croeso 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋