waria

I found the waria from Pisani's book so interesting. One of the reasons I love to read is you can travel the world and live in people's shoes by just sitting down and expanding your mind. I find it extremely significant that Pisani chose to mention this demographic in her book--one which westerners, such as myself, might have never considered or even heard about. It's interesting how they define themselves neither as gay or lesbian and have intercourse with both males and females. The term for transgendered people is derived from the words "WAnita" (woman) and "pRIA" (man) as seen on page 47 of The Wisdom of Whores. Two off the biggest surprises for me, however, were found when I read how sex changes are considered cheap and looked down on, and how some waria are even homophobic in a sense. It's such a refreshing eye opener to read about these different groups around the world. It heightens my curiosity as to what other kinds of people are out there and makes me wonder, will we ever be able to pinpoint and control such varying demographics?