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ETearle

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on: Jul 10, 2018
What do anthropologists mean when they say a culture has multiple gender identities?
 
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Define gender crossing.
 
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tkempin

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Reply #1 on: Jul 10, 2018
Answer to Question 1

This refers to the presence in some cultures of more than two sexes, with the third- and fourth-gender identities often called by terms such as man-womanand woman-man.

Answer to Question 2

The adoption of social roles and behaviors normatively appropriate for the opposite biological sex from one's own.


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