After watching the video in class today, I can’t help but
think that the Pakistan government approved a third gender option for their own
benefit. After approving this third gender the government gave itself power
over this new group of people. They gained hardly anything in return for this
humiliation except for a new box to fill out on an application because in
reality the Pakistan people do not all approve. The video made the passing of
this law seem easy. The only way I think this law could pass easily would be by
bypassing the people meaning that the people did not elect this law. The
government uses the transgender community for money collecting, further
humiliating this community. Instead of helping the transgender community be
accepted, they make them something to run away from. They essentially play a role of the debt
collector.
Some people
in class mentioned that this humiliation is something they are accustomed to
and that it may be a good pay off toward this new acceptance. However, in my
opinion I’m not sure whether it was worth it. To the Pakistan people they may
have their own gender, but they are no different than before, or they may have
a worse view of them if they are targets of debt collectors. It would have been
a lot better to first be accepted by everyone and have everyone’s support in
getting a third gender. Otherwise they seem forced into the government and a
smooth cohabit able transition will not occur for the Pakistan transgender
community.
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