The book presents the gender system in the Isthmo de Tehuantepec. This system is a variant of the multi-genus systems that existed all over America before the European conquest. The reasons why it has survived there lie in the deep economic and political structures and not least in the habitus and the strong social position of the women.
Sex, gender, and sexuality are dynamic fields in modern society, and the system is also changing rapidly in the isthmus.
The traditional sexual culture is being challenged on a broad front by new groups of homosexual men of the global type, by changes in the role of women, and by the possibility of gender-affirming surgeons. But the isthmus still has a group of transgender men with a secure anchoring in a gender-mixed role as social women without turning into women. Thus, the area is a fascinating example of a society with completely different strategies than ours to accommodate men who want to step out of masculinity.
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