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===== The six genders in classical Judaism ===== | ===== The six genders in classical Judaism ===== | ||
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Classical Judaism recognizes six categories of sex/gender, instead of the [[gender binary|male/female gender binary]] from modern Western culture. Jewish law (called ''halacha'') recognises gender ambiguity, and has done so throughout Jewish history.<ref>"More than Just Male and Female: The Six Genders in Ancient Jewish Thought." Freidson, Sarah. Sefaria, 10 June 2016. [https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/37225] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230620051516/https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/37225 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This ambiguity is defined according to physical presentation (or lack thereof) and primary and secondary sexual characteristics. Then Jewish law assigns six gender roles to these six sexes, each with distinct prohibitions and required duties. According to Rabbi Elliot Kukla, these six are:<ref>Robbie Medwed. "More Than Just Male and Female: The Six Genders in Classical Judaism." ''Sojourn'' (blog). June 01, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714011440/http://www.sojourngsd.org/blog/sixgenders</ref> | Classical Judaism recognizes six categories of sex/gender, instead of the [[gender binary|male/female gender binary]] from modern Western culture. Jewish law (called ''halacha'') recognises gender ambiguity, and has done so throughout Jewish history.<ref>"More than Just Male and Female: The Six Genders in Ancient Jewish Thought." Freidson, Sarah. Sefaria, 10 June 2016. [https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/37225] [https://web.archive.org/web/20230620051516/https://www.sefaria.org/sheets/37225 Archived] on 17 July 2023</ref> This ambiguity is defined according to physical presentation (or lack thereof) and primary and secondary sexual characteristics. Then Jewish law assigns six gender roles to these six sexes, each with distinct prohibitions and required duties. According to Rabbi Elliot Kukla, these six are:<ref>Robbie Medwed. "More Than Just Male and Female: The Six Genders in Classical Judaism." ''Sojourn'' (blog). June 01, 2015. Retrieved July 14, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150714011440/http://www.sojourngsd.org/blog/sixgenders</ref> | ||
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Figures that are gender variant or patrons of gender variant people: | Figures that are gender variant or patrons of gender variant people: | ||
* '''Avalokiteśvara''', a | * '''Bodhisattva''' are genderless beings who are on the path to Buddhahood and have chosen to stay behind to compassionately guide others to Nirvana. | ||
** ''' | * '''Avalokiteśvara''', a bodhisattva, sometimes shown as an androgynous man, who can appear in a form of any gender. | ||
** '''Guanyin''' (Kwanyin, Kannon), a syncretic merging of Quan Yin, an indigenous Goddess of Mercy, with the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, appearing when Bhuddism reached China via the Silk Road, beginning in the 1st or 2nd century CE.<ref>Zürcher (1972), pp. 22–27.</ref> | |||
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