Talk:brumaiwi

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Sabine Lang, Men as Women, Women as Men (→ISBN, 2010)
page 319:Occasionally, "berdaches" of one biological sex were mroe accepted than those of the other sex. Women-men were regarded indifferently among the Achomawi and Atsugewi, but female "berdaches" were regarded negatively among the latter (Voegelin 1942:134f).

page 322: Finally, in Northern California, the Atsugewi brumaiwi — who were more masculine women than men-women, and who could perform the tasks of both sexes — were disapproved of by the community (Voegelin 1942:135).

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