medievalpoc:medievalpoc:thread 1thread 2linksA few of you were asking for more links, so here’s what
medievalpoc:medievalpoc:thread 1thread 2linksA few of you were asking for more links, so here’s what I’ve got:[cissexist language] Article about Pazyryk ‘Amazon’ Burial form Siberian Times 2015British Museum Article on Scythian Artifacts including false beard:Passages on the Scythian’s recorded use of mare urine (premarin) derivatives for a medical feminizing effect can be found in Handbook of the Evolution of Human Sexuality By Michael R. Kauth:I feel like I should point out again that most of the writing on this seems to have a hard time overcoming this sort of either/or type of thinking. Reconnecting with the actual evidence seem to indicate the Scythians had among them transgender men and women, AND a third gender (Enaree). <–link to a Herodotus translation. OR, it’s entirely possible that these were actually five separate genders. And that’s something I don’t think I’ve yet seen considered, probably because people have the knee-jerk “that just too many genders!!” reaction…despite the fact that “too many genders” is itself an entirely modern perspective being projected onto the past. (It’s definitely worth further research on my part!)Entertainingly, a lot of people will (and have, I’m sure) say/id that “five genders” is also an entirely modern perspective being projected onto the past.So here’s where I say the thing I’m always saying: ALL WE HAVE are modern perspectives. The best we can hope for is to try and view the same evidence and materials through as many of those perspectives as possible, in order to reach something as close to the truth as we can come. And we should do this in order to help histories and peoples that are marginalized today come back toward the center and do justice by their/our importance, humanity, beauty, and validity. -- source link