Well, it's interesting to look at the anthropology of gender. There are lots of cultures that have conceptions of gender that aren't just man and woman. This includes third genders like the hijra in India and surrounding countries, the fa'afafine in Samoa, the mahu in Hawaii, two-spirit people, a general term for nonbinary genders in North American indigenous people, among others. There are even cultures with four genders, like the Navajo, or five, like the Bugis.
And the whole "X number of genders thing" comes I think from websites like facebook giving 58 options for one's gender, but a lot of them seem redundant or very similar, it's just giving people options on wording, unless there's some nuances I don't know about between options like "Female to Male" and "FTM". But there's additions like two-spirit for indigenous people, which is good imo.
Well, it's interesting to look at the anthropology of gender. There are lots of cultures that have conceptions of gender that aren't just man and woman. This includes third genders like the hijra in India and surrounding countries, the fa'afafine in Samoa, the mahu in Hawaii, two-spirit people, a general term for nonbinary genders in North American indigenous people, among others. There are even cultures with four genders, like the Navajo, or five, like the Bugis.
And the whole "X number of genders thing" comes I think from websites like facebook giving 58 options for one's gender, but a lot of them seem redundant or very similar, it's just giving people options on wording, unless there's some nuances I don't know about between options like "Female to Male" and "FTM". But there's additions like two-spirit for indigenous people, which is good imo.
It's also cool to read about the nuances of sex, if you're interested.