The Third Sex

Authors

  • Afërdita Deda

Abstract

For centuries, although inaudible, there has been some talking about an intermediate sex, about people who were neither male nor female. The term of the third gender or sex delineates people who are characterized neither as men nor as women, a social category present in those societies who cognize three or more sexes. In diverse cultures or individuals, the third sex or gender may represent an intermediate state between men and women; a state of being together (the soul of a man in a woman's body), and a state of being neutral (neutrophil - neither man nor woman), the ability to change or cross gender, a category totally independent from men and women. Thousands of social schemes are implemented by governments, but they only refer to men and women and the third sex or gender is not part of them. This condition is a requirement for various state governments as well as an overview of the level of democracy and the recognition of human rights in these countries. Given the complex network of people and a significant number of eunuchs in the world, it is not possible to close our eyes and ignore their existence. It is necessarily required government’s intervention through legislative reforms in recognition of eunuchs as equal citizens of the world. Gender studies comprehend a field of interdisciplinary research dealing with gender and the way how society, in time and in space, has interpreted and fed the differences between masculine and feminine genders, legitimizing not only inequality between men and women but denying the right of gays, transgenders, intersexes’ citizenship et cetera. There are bisexual, or transgender, multi-sexual organisms where their dubious gender identity is essential for their survival. To utter such behaviors as unnatural ones, it means to ignore the reality of things, choosing to be against nature purposely, etc.

Keywords: gender, third sex, intersex, transgender, sexual transition.

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Published

2016-12-09

How to Cite

Deda, A. (2016). The Third Sex. ANGLISTICUM. Journal of the Association-Institute for English Language and American Studies, 5(6), 50–57. Retrieved from https://anglisticum.org.mk/index.php/IJLLIS/article/view/1069

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Volume 5, No 6, June, 2016