Kahlokatt skrev:På Tahiti finns ett tredje kön som kallas mahu. De föds som pojkar men uppfostras som flickor. Tyvärr vet jag inget mer om dem.
Intressant. Hittade en motsvarighet på Tonga;
Fakaleiti ("faka" betyder "på samma sätt som" och "leiti" kommer från engelskans "lady"). På Samoa heter det
Fa'afafine ("fa'a" = på samma sätt som" och "fafine" = kvinna).
A recognized and integral part of traditional Samoan culture, fa'afafine, born biologically male, embody both male and female gender traits. Their gendered behavior typically ranges from extravagantly feminine to mundanely masculine.
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In Samoa, the people claim that there is no such thing as being "gay" or "homosexual."[1] Fa'afafine, as a third gender, have sexual relationships almost exclusively with men who do not identify as fa'afafine, and sometimes with women. This third gender is so well accepted in Samoan culture that most Samoans state that they have friendship relationships with at least one fa'afafine. Traditionally fa'afafine follow the training of a women's daily work in an Aiga
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%27afafineFa'afafine föredrog som barn att leka flicklekar, klä sig som flickor etc.
Some fa'afafine recall believing they were girls in childhood, but knew better as adults. In Samoa, here is little to no ridicule of or displeasure with a biologically male child who states he is a girl. For instance, one study showed only a minority of parents (20%) tried to stop their fa'afafine sons from engaging in feminine behavior. Being pushed into the male gender role is upsetting to many fa'afafine. A significant number stated that they "hated" masculine play, such as rough games and sports, even more than females did as children.
En berömd fa'afafine är den samoanska fotbollsspelaren Jaiyah Saelua.