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Q gender, as you saw in Chapter 12. Consider the following content: • "India's Third Gender Movement | The Zainab Salbi Project Ep. 2 (YouTube video)" • "Transgender spiritual order finally finds acceptance at Hindu pilgrimage (National Geographic article)" Instructions: When you are done watching the videos or reading the article, answer the following questions by referring to specific information from the videos or article when appropriate, NOT other sources: 1. What is the difference between sex and gender? 2. According to the videos, transgenders have a great deal of difficulties being accepted in Indian society. Discuss at least three (3) of the difficulties mentioned in the videos and explain why do you think overcoming these difficulties is important. How many genders do you think our society has?

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The word sex is essentially biological, no one really chooses it, and gender is what society makes one identify with, which often can be chosen. Whether someone will be born a man or a woman, is not much in anyone’s hand, but whether or not they will act like a man or a woman, or identifies themselves as one, depends a lot on the psychological process. A person born as a man may not feel masculine and could want to be a woman instead because that is what comfort is for them. Most people do not understand the difference between sex and gender, which is why society makes it mandatory to fit into the molds of a male or a female, the gender norms.