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Gender Outlaws: Switching from a man to a woman (or vice versa)

Transsexuals and transgendered people can often tell us a great deal about our society because they've experienced what most of us never will: being perceived as a man or a woman in the same lifetime. Read More

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Yes, the berdache tradition falls nicely into what you're hinting at here. Also, Tiresius, who was both a man and a woman, in ancient Greek mythology. Do you know of the Stanford biologist Joan Roughgarden, who writes on sexual selection? Formerly a man. Also, the great travel writer Jan Morris, formerly James Morris, is a wonderful example of this. Check out Conundrum, her recounting of the transition from man to woman. A truly wonderful book.

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