Friday, September 2, 2011

5 Gender!

I found this interesting video on a group of people in an island at South Sulawesi in Indonesia. These people have 5 gender role instead of 2. Man , Woman, "A false woman" a woman that acts like Man, "a False Man" a man that acts like woman, and a fifth gender that  is a spiritual person who is both Man and Woman, perhaps we call him hermaphrodite in west. What is interesting about these people is that unlike so called modern open minded west, they have accepted in their society that it is not possible to fit people into just two gender roles. They have accepted 5 genders and all these five have a constructive role in their society. they are all considered as normal members of society that are all important for the societies harmony. Here is a link to a documentary from National Geography about them:



2 comments:

  1. Hey Yasaman, thanks for the video. You might also like this one. It is about Gender role reversal in Hibitoe tribe of Papua New Guinea.

    http://youtu.be/EkcxSL8klgs

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