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Re: OT: [Let_It_Be_Forever_Islam] THE WORLD OF THE JINN

From:Isidora Zamora <isidora@...>
Date:Saturday, October 18, 2003, 16:03
>"sex" is biological - humans have 2; "gender" is a social convention - >humans have from 2 to 7, depending on the culture.
Now I'm curious. I can't come up with a full 7 social or cultural gender categories. I can think of 3 immediately: male, female, and eununch. I can think of several other possibilities, but 7 is a lot. Can you enlighten me? Isidora

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Costentin Cornomorus <elemtilas@...>
Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...>The many kinds of eunuch (was Re: OT: [Let_It_Be_Forever_Islam] THE WORLD OF THE JINN)