The Hijra of Hindu India exemplify _____
a. a gender role that tolerates a wider definition of gender than is found in our own society
b. a gender role which defines masculinity more rigidly than our own society
c. a gender role which defines masculinity and femininity almost identically
d. social deviants who are discouraged in their own society
e. a type of individual who has no actual biological sexual definition
ANSWER:
a
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