Third Sex and Gender Equity

Abstract

Sex is between the legs and Gender is between the ears.[1] Sex of a person is the biological distinction of male and female (phenotypically penis is found in a male and vagina in a female; Genotypically testes in male and ovaries in a female; karyotypically XY chromosomes in a male and XX chromosomes in a female). Gender of a person is the social construct of a person. A male may have masculine attributes along with feminine attributes. Similarly a female may also have feminine and masculine attributes. It all depends on the power a person enjoys in the society. A male may have control over the female; upper caste female/male over the lower caste male/female; abled person over the disabled; rich person over the poor person – all these known as Intersectionality. This power imbalance leads to a lot of gender discrimination in the society. As a re-sult in the society, Male is considered as the first sex; female as second sex and other sex as third sex.