Did Ancient Cultures Believe in a “Third Gender”?

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW139352341 BCX4"> <p><span data-contrast="none">An argument cited often by propagators of transgender ideology is that ancient cultures across the world recognized so-called “third genders,” those who did not fit neatly in categories of male or female. If they recognized this, the argument goes, then so should we. </span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">The latest video in the</span> <a href="https://whatwouldyousay.org/"><em><span data-contrast= "none">What Would You Say?</span></em></a> <span data-contrast= "none">series engages this claim carefully, refuting it with three simple points. It begins by explaining the roots of the argument:</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">"According to advocates of transgender ideology, because so many ancient cultures recognized 'third' genders, we should reject the 'gender binary,' the idea that only two genders exist, and we should reject the notion that gender is essentially linked to one’s biological sex. …</span> <span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}">  </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Among the most cited examples of 'third genders' are the Native American 'Two-spirit,' Thailand’s 'Kathoey' (a word regularly translated as 'Ladyboy'), the 'Sal-zikrum' of Ancient Middle East, the 'Fa’afafine' of Samoa, the 'Hijra' of India, and the 'Muxe' of Southern Mexico."</span><span data-ccp-props= "{"201341983":0,"335559731":720,"335559739":0,"335559740":480}"> </span></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">If a handful of people throughout all human history and culture are proof that biological sex is fake, what do we make of the fact that the</span> <em><span data-contrast="none">rest</span></em> <span data-contrast="none">of the world throughout all human history and culture knew that biological sex was r