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[–]Athelhilda4Questioning 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

The Scythians actually did have people called enarei in their society. However, much like the two-spirits and hijras the T like to parade around, they were not really trans. The enarei were effeminate priests/shamans who dressed like women and played the passive role in homosexual intercourse.

[–]julesburm1891 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

That’s really interesting! I’ll have to read more. But, you’re saying it’s more of the “we refuse to recognize gay men as men” trope we see with a lot of TQ cases?

[–]BootsAndBeards 10 insightful - 2 fun10 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

That's what 90% of '3rd genders' come down to. Societies that had such strict gender roles that men who transgressed them weren't even considered men.