Mara Einstein
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Jews have believed in 8 genders for centuries. The concept of binary is a recent social construct. I don’t know where it came from but I am convinced that consumer culture perpetuates it.

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11:10 PM - Mar 05, 2023
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Debbie Lu
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Really interesting read! Thank you!
07:56 PM - Apr 21, 2024
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Ground Control
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If I had to pinpoint an origin/revival point for our era, I'd say 1950s.
08:52 AM - Mar 05, 2024
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Shell Sheddy
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In response to Mara Einstein.
Also very long established and recognized in Native (American) Communities and Culture, as well
05:10 PM - Nov 08, 2023
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2PupsMommy
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Western culture is nothing if not reductive in nature. It's so much easier to control people, sell things & force ideas in a binary. Pepsi vs Coke, Dem vs Repub, male vs female. You do it enough, people stop thinking to look for & respect nuance & variance. It's sad.
12:17 PM - Aug 18, 2023
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Diane Johnson
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In response to Mara Einstein.
So the concept of 2 genders was a Christian thing used to control? Good to know.
07:19 PM - Jul 16, 2023
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Gabrielle G
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Thanks for sharing this. I had no idea this existed in the Talmud.
06:55 PM - Apr 02, 2023
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Khrissy Choate
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In response to Mara Einstein.
Wow! I didn’t know this! Thanks for sharing! #TransRightsAreHumanRights
06:32 PM - Apr 02, 2023
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Helen Highly
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Excellent post. Thanks for sharing.
05:46 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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knits, purls, flowers, photons
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Fascinating, thanks.
05:20 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Naomi Skarzinski
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Thanks for sharing. I learned something new today. 👩
05:16 PM - Mar 07, 2023 (Edited)
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Arabella Clement
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In response to Mara Einstein.
Gender is a continuum.
05:06 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Mara Einstein
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In response to Arabella Clement.
Well put.
05:07 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Kim A
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Thank you for educating me about this!
01:42 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Louise Marley
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Some Native American tribes also believed in multiple genders. Five is the number I recall, but I haven't researched it in a while.
01:39 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Dale Britt
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Excellent Spout! I learned something new today.
01:27 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Rosetta
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In response to Mara Einstein.
Indigenous cultures throughout all the Americas, Africa, and Australia recognized more than 2 genders prior to colonization.
Indigenous cultures in Asia also recognized more than two genders until modern times.
01:21 PM - Mar 07, 2023 (Edited)
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Mara Einstein
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In response to Rosetta.
The binary is a false and limiting construct.
01:38 PM - Mar 07, 2023
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Francis Wild
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In the Talmud, the oldest name for G-d was “Source of Life”.

We ought to get back there in our gender understanding of divinity.
05:09 PM - Mar 06, 2023
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Mara Einstein
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In response to Francis Wild.
Hear, hear.
05:48 PM - Mar 06, 2023
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Sabine
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In response to Mara Einstein.
Be prepared that the anti-jewish, anti-semitic white suprematist crowd will hold it against you
11:03 AM - Mar 06, 2023 (Edited)
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Mara Einstein
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In response to Sabine.
I’d expect that on the blue bird. Hopefully not here.
11:45 AM - Mar 06, 2023
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RScottTiptonMPA
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I agree with the more genders concept, but we did NOT come from one (1) man and one (1) woman as taught. (Opinion)
09:01 AM - Mar 06, 2023
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Mara Einstein
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In response to RScottTiptonMPA.
I agree. If you see the TikTok I posted the rabbi explains that Adam and Eve was a combined intersex person and not 2 distinct beings.
09:26 AM - Mar 06, 2023
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J Pal
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In response to RScottTiptonMPA.
So true! Evolution is the only reasonable deduction.
10:56 AM - Mar 06, 2023
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Salma Typhii
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In response to Mara Einstein.
It reminds me a bit of this article. 2+ genders seems to be the go to for a lot of cultures
https://ictnews.org/archiv...
08:53 AM - Mar 06, 2023
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Thee NW Mankiller Magpie
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Thanks for posting this. Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg has gotten into this as well, but I don't think she has an account here yet.
11:12 PM - Mar 05, 2023
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