Recently I referenced the North American Indian Berdache (GLBTQIA - "third sex").
So I found it very interesting when I read about similarites in other societies. Societies such as India, Pakistan, Polynesia and the Balkans.
Of course the gifted "third sex" individuals had no more respect once religion forcfully took over.
Currently, homosexuality is illegal in India.
Click here for more information about India's Hijra/Tritiya-Prakriti.
A third sex is also discussed in ancient Hindu law, medicine, linguistics and astrology. The foundational work of Hindu law, the Manu Smriti (c. 200 BC - 200 AD) explains the biological origins of the three sexes: "A male child is produced by a greater quantity of male seed, a female child by the prevalence of the female; if both are equal, a third-sex child or boy and girl twins are produced; if either are weak or deficient in quantity, a failure of conception results."
So I found it very interesting when I read about similarites in other societies. Societies such as India, Pakistan, Polynesia and the Balkans.
Of course the gifted "third sex" individuals had no more respect once religion forcfully took over.
Currently, homosexuality is illegal in India.
Click here for more information about India's Hijra/Tritiya-Prakriti.
A third sex is also discussed in ancient Hindu law, medicine, linguistics and astrology. The foundational work of Hindu law, the Manu Smriti (c. 200 BC - 200 AD) explains the biological origins of the three sexes: "A male child is produced by a greater quantity of male seed, a female child by the prevalence of the female; if both are equal, a third-sex child or boy and girl twins are produced; if either are weak or deficient in quantity, a failure of conception results."
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