Faʻafafine
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fa-afafine-184-1496819
title:
Faʻafafine
text:
Faʻafafine are cisgender males who align with a third gender or gender role in Samoa. Fa'afafine are not assigned the role at birth, nor raised as girls due to a lack of daughters, as is often claimed in western media. Rather, their femininity emerges in early childhood, and Samoans recognize them as distinct from typical boys. Fa'afafine are androphilic and are usually very feminine. They comprise up to 3.5% of the natal male population, similar to the number of androphilic natal males in the w
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wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Third gender in Samoan culture
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%CA%BBafafine
date created:
2005-06-06T14:14:47Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T01:32:43Z
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13
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