Tag: In this essay you will see that there are more than just two genders. It is not just male and female there are third genders and intersex’s. The hijra are a type of third gender in India who have crossed the social boundaries of society.
The film that we watched the other day in class really expanded my view on gender. We learned from the film Middle Sexes that there is more than just male and female. There is a third gender, which can be defined, as both or neither.
Gender binary is a way of drawing a line in the sand between the two genders. It is a social boundary that usually discourages people from crossing over from male to female or vies versa. Bathrooms can usually display this; in the US we have separate rooms for each gender. Usually if you step out of the enclosed boundaries you are judged and crucified. Many people do not know what to do with transgender people so they take away their rights to even use the bathroom in public. They are publicly humiliated and sent to court to settle a bathroom incident. Honestly I don’t see the problem just let the damn kid use the freaking bathroom.
Third gender can be defined as someone who is not defined by male or female but identified by the society. Countries that recognize third genders are Australia, Germany, India, Japan, Nepal, New Zealand, Pakistan, Philippines, and Thailand. Also the Middle East, Asia- Pacific, Europe, Africa, and Latin America.
The Hijra of India is known as transgender, from male to female. They are neither completely male nor female. They usually work as a prostitute on the street and have sex with heterosexual men who are married. They keep their sex lives on the down low because they do not want to be seen as gay or not with their wife. The life of a hijra is hard, they are seen as low class in society, they are belittled and abused in public and no one usually does anything to help them.
The differences on sex and gender after considering this module have changed some. I see gender as a wider variety of literary terms now. I now know that many other countries recognize transgender and intersex people than I thought. They accept it at a greater rate then the US. The US is full of judgmental ass holes that need to have power and have it their way; this is the main reason why the United States lags. We just care too much about everything and can never leave anything alone or let people be who they want to be.