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

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From: "Stone Gordonssen" <stonegordonssen@...>
To: <CONLANG@...>
Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: OT: [Let_It_Be_Forever_Islam] THE WORLD OF THE JINN


> >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?
>
> I studied it as part of my classes in anthropology - I remember
specfically
> a culture in Siberia used to have 7 - but my books ae packed away still. A
> number of North American Native cultures had 4 genders.
>
> If you associate gender with social role rather than sex & genitalia &
> ability to produce or not produce children(male, female, eunuch), the
vista
> should open for you.
>
>
Let me think...

Male, Female, Male Transvestite, Female Transvestite, Primarily Male Eunuch,
Primarily Female Eunuch, Hermaphrodite/Neutral Gender Role.

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