The Concept Of Gender Identity

In conflating the many concepts of sex as well as gender, it has been proved though historical studies and anthropological studies that there are different forms of gender identities and expressions which are not at all times linked to the biological sex of that person. Hermaphrodite, for instance can be used to describe the concept of homosexual men in the society but the truth is it just conflates the intersex conditions of sexual desire and the sex-role behavior physically. Understanding gender drives the understanding of sexuality in many of the cultures and thus makes it easy to understand homosexual and heterosexual. Many of the cultures consider homosexual to consist of only people of the same sex and their biological bodies are not put into much consideration. In most of the Native American cultures, same-sex relationships do not traditionally mean a union of people of the same gender; rather it separates the two concepts, that is, the biology concept and the concept of gender identity (Arlene, 2013). According to the Navajo two-spirit people, even if a relationship consists of a female with a female-bodied masculine and a woman is not in any sense considered to be homosexual. This also applies to a relationship between a male with a male-bodied feminine and a man. These kinds of relationships might be considered homosexual in

In the Waria culture, the third gender people believe in living under gender identity and in the Islamic nation too. The beliefs of men who imitate women to the extent of wearing feminine clothes exist too but these kinds of people are not highly accepted (David, Luca, 2008). It approaches the gender roles aspect in that, identities of gender and gender roles are temporary in this culture. Transformations in gender occur and are to a great extend allowed; people can change gender just like they change