Fa'afafine in Somoa

[helenr]

You might want to Google Samoa fafafine and you will find both the technical definition on good old Wikipedia and then a neat National Geographic video on Sexual Identify at liveleak.com-somoa transgender.
I saw this on TV a while back and it is remarkable how this 'third gender' functions. The fafafine (often raised from boys as girls) for household chores and dress as females will have sex with men and this is regarded as 'straight sex', not at all gay. Very interesting and potentially titilating to reflect on this interesting society practise.

[Teri Jean]

Helen I have heard about this and you are right in your accessment. It is an interesting lifestyle and third gender.

Teri

[helenr]

Thanks for the comments. It is interesting to hear the people interviewed to speak so 'congruently' about the normalcy of having intercourse with males, no sense of any 'incorrectness' . We in the 'so called more advanced cultures' are really so prudish compared to these open minded Somoans.