Gender Terminology Booklet

Sesotho sa Leboa Tshiven ḓ a

English

Definitions

Xitsonga

335 public/private dichotomy

Dichotomy arises from its gendered nature, and from the association of masculinity and the public, and femininity and the private. All individuals fall outside of the gender and sexuality norms. Theoretical reflection, developed in the humanities in the mid-1980s against a backdrop of growing theoretical interest in sexualities, which was coterminous with the civil movement’s adoption of the word ‘queer’, which previously had a pejorative meaning.

phapano ya phatlalatša/ya sephiri

phambano ya nnyi na nnyi/ yo Khetheaho phambano ya

ku hambana ka rimbewu ka mani na mani

nnyi na nnyi/ phuraivethe

336 queer

maarogi go bong

vhafunambeun gavho

rimbewunkan- toloveleko

337 queer theory

teori ya maarogi go bong

thyiori ya vhafu nambeungavho

thiyori ya rimbewunkan- toloveleko

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Gender Terminology Booklet