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Why do we think there are only two genders? Because there are cultures that believe there are many more than two genders. And what’s the difference between sex and gender?

Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge
Graphics By: Noelle Smith
Edited By: Mike Petrow
Fact Check: Sarah Edwards
Produced By: Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)

Works Cited:

Judith Butler Gender Trouble http://lauragonzalez.com/TC/BUTLER_gender_trouble.pdf
https://www.historytoday.com/joanne-bailey/questions-gender
Joanne Meyerwitz “A History of Gender” https://www.fd.unl.pt/docentes_docs/ma/acs_MA_21427.pdf
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nunn/files/plough_web_appendix.pdf
https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/nunn/files/alesina_giuliano_nunn_qje_2013.pdf
Joan W. Scott “Gender: A Useful Category of Historical Analysis.”
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/content/two-spirits_map-html/
https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/payaag/the-gender-binary-is-a-dumb-but-relatively-new-concept
https://web.stanford.edu/class/history13/earlysciencelab/body/femalebodypages/genitalia.html