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The Third Gender in Antiquity
Today's episode discusses the concept of a Third Gender in Antiquity.
First we introduce the concept of a Third Gender. Despite the name, Third Gender models actually reflect a 'male' and a 'female' and a catch-all 'other' category rather than a singular Third option. The model has some issues, but is a useful academic construct to expand the interpretive possibilities when studying the Queer past because they open the study of gender to a subjective lived experience.
Next we discuss several of the main Third Genders. Eunuchs are considered half-people because they are perceived as submissive…
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