Patrick Keller
Help Received: Slides, Lecture, Movies from Class, 2 google images
Sex according to the lecture is biological, so if you are born with male parts then you are male and if your born with female parts you are female. Gender according to the lecture can mean a whole array of things. While it factors in the biological sex it also includes what that person is attracted to and what they feel the are, as well as behavioral and social factors. So sex is defined by biology and gender is defined by society and how a person feels.
Society tends to define gender roles into male and female roles. Girls are feminine and as a result are responsible for the softer chores such as cleaning, getting food, making food, taking care of the kids ect.. Whereas men are masculine and are responsible for fighting and the protection of the family, hunting, and the important decisions of the family. This has been the way society has worked for thousands of years as evidenced by the hunter gatherers as the men would hunt and fight for the family and women would gather resources, take care of the kids and take care of matters in camp.
So binary genders means that you can only be one or the other male or female it is insinuating that gender is defined by sex whereas non binary people do not necessarily call themselves male or female but a mix of the two. Basically non binary says that gender is a large grey area and largely depends on the situation.
Third gender is anyone that can’t be classified as man or woman in other words an “other gender”. A number of examples of these were given in the slides and videos in class and two such examples are the Muxes of Mexico and the lady boys of Thailand.
Pictured above are the Muxes who are from the Oaxaca state of southern Mexico. They were all born male but identify as neither, display feminine traits and cross dress.
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Pictured above are Kathoeys or ladyboys from Thailand. They are actually a big tourist attraction in thailand and perform in many high end nightclubs. They were all born male and have varying degrees of biological altercations, some have had a complete sex change while others have kept their male parts and only cross dress.
Refrences:
- Camus, Ana. Meet the Muxes. 2015. Photo. 1200×797. see 1st link above
- Kristin. I Made It To Second Base With A Lady Boy. 2013. Photo. 1024×680. See 2nd link above