Human Sexuality Exam SG Two Spirit People Video Notes Within them is the male and female that s why they are called two spirit people Bask and bowl ritual young male at age of puberty got to choose between bask and bowl o If chose bowl was man if chose basket was two gendered person If woman was prone to be masculine nature given more manly activities like hunting warfare Male who expressed feminine characteristics take great interest in household duties Berdache individuals who embody feminine and masculine qualities act as a conduit between the physical and spiritual world and because of this are placed in positions of power within the community Buried in both male and female clothing started out as a man but married with symbols he acquired for preference of activities he wanted to do Raw and cooked raw when go through rituals and ceremonies become cooked when die go back to being raw Someone that has qualities of both male and female is someone that can transcend both physical and spiritual world a gift you see further because you see in both directions Berdache is more noted by family especially female relatives mother and grandmothers by age of 6 and 7 because things that they liked doing gender activities rather than sexual activity If you re a man having sex with a berdache its not sex with a man its sex with a berdache so partners of berdache are not technically homosexual inappropriate for berdache to have sex with another berdache Native Americans into circles rather than lines not trapped into one way of thinking or Native American tradition is based on spiritual but gay in western context is based on being physical Gay American Indians because of issue with history If you re different ethnically gender role or sexual roles you do have to think because whats most appropriate for you and what feels best The Third Sex Video Notes In India some men cut off their genitals live as woman and form a third gender In Indonesia hermaphrodite priests leaf a society that recognizes 5 genders In rural Albania women swap genders to gain equality Sex is how we are biologically born gender is decided by social factors and by culture In India Koolagam city o Social class called heedras consider themselves neither man nor women but instead third sex if they join heedra they are social outcasts o Men who dress as women o Seek companionship through heedras when not accepted by family o Think heedra aren t part of society and tease them don t consider them to be human beings o Festival held in honor of god they worship symbolically marry god in the temple Aravon Believe if they pray to god they will get whatever they want Aravon is a male that sacrificed himself but wishes to get married no one wants to marry him because they don t want to be a widow o Heedras have sex with one another society considers it homosexual act o Some Heedras go through castration which makes them complete heedra Heedras used to dance at your wedding and that s how they made living some now have turned to prostitution that has exposed them to HIV o TAI try to get Heedra s another source of income hold a beauty pageant o A man in India pray to Aravon and travels every year to ask for children he is married but dresses as women to go o After get married wedding band is cut to symbolize being widow In Indonesia Segeri village Boogese o Bissu priests separate and powerful gender involving both male and female like they have their own destiny because signs since children o They believe in society of male and women it gets unbalanced so Bissu keeps balance by ensuring fertility of community o Seen as powerful and potent because have both genders o Chalelei biologically female but live as man family don t care as long as good person but works ahrd o Accepts 5 genders and all must coexist for their to be universal harmony o Boogese there is heaven where we live and the underworld Boogese pray for everything o In order for Bissu to be able to bestow blessing they have to contact spirit world o Third and final stage of fertility ceremony must prove possessed by powerful spirits by stabbing himself believe if they are good wont be stabbed but if they are they are bad hand neck and stomach o Albania sworn virgin women must take vow of celibacy swap clothing for male attire Albania Kukes and live as a man o Daughter who wants to become sworn virgin take vow in front of elders becomes recognized as a man and may take leadership role in family o Kanun allows woman with few rights historically woman could not choose woman and treated as property as Kanun law only men can inherit o If there are no male heirs women can claim inheritance by becoming a sworn virgin o Sworn virgins move to higher status because considered as man o Sworn virgins give up any chance of having woman of their own make sacrifice because have family to care for such as younger siblings or sick parents o If sworn virgin has sex with man it is seen as homosexual act if they have sex they can o Need of sacrificing gender is fading tradition is fading because status of women is be stoned to death improving Stephen Fry Out There Part 1 Video Notes Stephen Fry is a gay man who in 1976 when Elton John said there is nothing wrong with going to bed with someone of the same sex it made it easy for him Elton John interview o Says there was no difference in his career when he came out o Got married to make a political statement and says it was so moving that it changed their relationship him and his partner are raising a child together o Just want to be good parents and prove people wrong o Elton and David have encouraged a change in attitudes in gay people Called gay pride to show they are proud of who they are o British imposed laws criminalizing homosexuality acts Wanted to film in Turkey but got denied to film Iran they hang individuals for homosexual Farshad Iranian man if boyfriend says it wasn t raped he will be guilty his boyfriend has to stay at home all the time o Can t go back to Iran because life would be at stake caseworker says need proof hes gay If forced to go back he says he will kill himself because can t go back In Uganda since 2009 government has been considering to pass a death penalty law for homosexuals o Stephen Fry went to Uganda and did a radio show Man says everyone deserves freedom to pursue destiny but if its homosexual then we loose values says what you are indulging in is hurting your life and claims all these physical consequences o
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