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Some cultures recognize | Some cultures recognize [[Nonbinary identities worldwide|genders beyond the binary]]. Other cultures recognize only two genders and thus a gender binary, but do not equate gender at all with sex and recognize that gender can be fluid in life. These cultures do not necessarily have nonbinary genders, but they define gender differently than in Western cultures. | ||
== Dayak == | == Dayak == | ||
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== Lovedu == | == Lovedu == | ||
The Lovedu are a community in Zambia. They assign gender by social status instead of biological sex. Higher ranking people are considered men. A high-ranking female could even marry a young, lower-ranking woman and be considered the father of their children. The biological father in this case would be one of the lower-ranking women's lovers. | The Lovedu are a community in Zambia. They assign gender by social status instead of biological sex. Higher ranking people are considered men. A high-ranking female could even marry a young, lower-ranking woman and be considered the father of their children. The biological father in this case would be one of the lower-ranking women's lovers. {{citation needed}} | ||
The Nnobi in Nigeria have a similar system. | The Nnobi in Nigeria have a similar system.{{citation needed}} | ||
== The Netherlands == | == The Netherlands == | ||
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5-alpha-reductase deficiency is a rare genetic condition that makes all children appear genetically female until puberty. This disorder is common "[i]n an isolated village in the Dominican Republic."<ref name=":0" /> Because of this condition, gender cannot be assigned until puberty. | 5-alpha-reductase deficiency is a rare genetic condition that makes all children appear genetically female until puberty. This disorder is common "[i]n an isolated village in the Dominican Republic."<ref name=":0" /> Because of this condition, gender cannot be assigned until puberty. | ||
In Simbari, a village in Papua New Guinea, girls who grow up to be men are called ''kwolu-aatmwal'', "or 'female thing that transformed into a male thing.'"<ref name=":0" /> | In Simbari, a village in Papua New Guinea, girls who grow up to be men are called ''kwolu-aatmwal'', "or 'female thing that transformed into a male thing.'"<ref name=":0" /> But if in Salinas, the Dominican village, a party is thrown to feast this event in the child's life; in Simbari, on the contrary, the child is rejected by his folks.<ref>Lise Loumé. ''Sciences & Avenir''. 23 September 2015</ref> | ||
== Afghanistan == | == Afghanistan == | ||
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One father wrote about his ''bacha posh'': "''It's a privilege for me, that she is in boys' clothing.... It's a help for me, with the shopping. And she can go in and out of the house without a problem."''<ref name=":0" /> Note that while the daughters socially transition, the father still uses she/her/hers pronouns. | One father wrote about his ''bacha posh'': "''It's a privilege for me, that she is in boys' clothing.... It's a help for me, with the shopping. And she can go in and out of the house without a problem."''<ref name=":0" /> Note that while the daughters socially transition, the father still uses she/her/hers pronouns. | ||
== Albania == | |||
Similar to in Afghanistan, girls in Albania can socially transition to boys. However, they can grow up and be recognized as men if they promise to remain virgins. These ''virgjinesha''—a word meaning sworn virgins—emerged as a social class when wars in the community had resulted in a dearth of men. Because only men could buy land and pass down wealth, families that were left without a man could use a ''virgjinesha'' as social men. However, because of increases in women's rights in Albania, there are only about 40 ''virgjinesha'' left today.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
== Dahomey Kingdom == | |||
This African Kingdom allowed women to become warriors, and thus men, if they swore never to have children. This was because "the male population was decimated by war" in the 1700s.<ref name=":0" /> | |||
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