Definition
are religious followers of the Hindu Mother Goddess, Bahuchara Mata,
who is often depicted and described as transgender. (The term
transgender refers to individuals whose
gender identities or performances do not fit with cultural norms
related to their assigned sex at birth.)
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Research into masculinity and femininity as flexible, complex, and
historically and culturally constructed categories.
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A set of cultural ideas, usually stereotypical, about the essential
character of different genders
that functions to promote and justify gender stratification.
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