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The paper has examined how the social construction of gender contradicts gender diversity. There are four gender categories in Indian society: Men, women, transgender and third gender (Hijra). It has shown the distinction between transgender and third gender identity in Indian society.
In 2014, it was estimated that around 3 million third gender people live in India alone. While the third gender includes a few different groups in South Asia, the most common are the hijras. Hijras are often born male but look and dress in traditionally feminine ways.
This paper seeks to analyze the cultural bias and reconstructs the gender and sexual dichotomy in western languages. The cultural perception in contrast with laws specific to India and Indonesian countries.
12 cze 2020 · In India, transgender persons were recognised as the ‘third gender’ in 2014. The third gender population of India is marginalised to a great extent in every sector.
The paper has examined how the social construction of gender contradicts gender diversity. There are four gender categories in Indian society: Men, women, transgender and third gender (Hijra). It has shown the distinction between transgender and third gender identity in Indian society.
11 lip 2017 · Indian mythology has always given significant importance to people of the third gender, also known as “Hijras” in the local language (Hindi). Hijras or eunuchs have a long recorded history portraying them in several ritual roles.
PDF. Abstract. Since the 1990s, scholars of South Asia have framed the hijra community in a variety of ways, for instance, as a third gender, a transgender group, and an identity made through more than gender difference.
