Third Gender Of Homo
Sapiens
Nikolay Yaremko et al.
Special thanks for translation to Dmitry Neyaglov
and also to Olga Duka and Stanislav Karchebny

How many genders
do humans have?
I want you to try and answer
this question before reading any further

You may choose from
three options below:
1) one
2) two
3) three
4) never thought about it.

4)
never thought about it
I had never given it
a serious thought, until I
started this story.

1) one
It stands to reason, however,
that we have one gender.

Each one of us is either
male..

...or
female.

Hold on a second, that
makes it two!
male female
So the right answer must be —
“humans have two genders”

Let's give the third option a try,
too, shall we?
? Male, female and
the third
gender
male female

? Third-gender
person
Men and women probably treat
this gender differently.

? Third-gender
person
Men and women probably treat
this gender differently,
just as a third-gender person
would treat males and females
differently.

? Third-gender
person
We also shouldn't be able to tell the
gender of such a person at a glance:
male... ...or female

? Third-gender
person
We also shouldn't be able to tell the
gender of such a person at a glance:
male... ...or female
although we don't experience similar
problems with other people.

But how do we denote the
third gender, whereas it's
strongly believed there are
only two?
male female

All right, here's a stroke of genius:
Let's dress it differently!
male female

Haven't you tumbled
to the idea yet?
male female

children
male female

children
A child is free to visit both
the gents and the ladies,
you know.

One would want to
test this speculation.

Common sense
guides us to suppose that
each of the genders should
differ from the other two, and
any pair of the genders
should share traits,
uncommon for the third one.

In other words
Each gender lacks something
that the other two have.

children
As for children, rules are alien
to their nature.
Children can neither set them, nor comply
to them, as opposed to men and women,
who cope with this task perfectly well.

children
male female
are not able
to hold the frame

female
Women can't issue challenges and bring
themselves to tests,
while men and children revel in it.

children
not able to
issue
challenge
male
female

male
It ill beseems men to make show of their
feelings, and they tend to ignore other
people's feelings, too.
Children and women live in the world of
feelings and emotions.

children
no able to
show
feelings
female
male

All the numbers seem to have
added up
Any gender does lack
something that the
other two have.

And now for a something
personal
question

what
gender
are
YOU?

child
male female

What do you lack?
child
challenge emotions
male female
frame

If you need something you lack,
there is no other option,
but

If you need something you lack,
there is no other option,
but
to switch.

To switch your gender,
and therefore
to abandon
a part of yourself.

Is it impossible, or impossible?

We all
have
to learn
to make
that choice

to unclench
our fists
in order
for our hands
to
break free

Would it be better to be
genderless?

Would it be better to be
genderless?
As a zero.

Would it be better to be
genderless?
As a zero.
The choice is yours.

Applications
Here are some applications
for your eyes to see
stars of understanding.
They are proivided as exercises
for the listener.

Applications
Why do children, that start their
career early, tend to be less sensitive
and seldom put themselves to
voluntary tests?

Applications
Why do crying men
stir sympathy
among women?

Applications
Why most of the famous
scientists are men?
And why do they often claim that
the most important thing for them
is to remain children?

Applications
Why the marriages between
someone, who
"challenges everything" and
someone, who is "deeply sensitive"
are often unfruitful?

Applications
Why the marriages between
someone, who
"challenges everything" and
someone, who is "deeply sensitive"
are often unfruitful?
And if a child should appear, such
marriages tend to break up?

Applications
Why most of
the internet trolls
are men?

Applications
Why most of
the internet trolls
are men?
Why do we feel that
their behaviour is childish?

Applications
Who's more up for extreme travel,
who prefers hunt for impressions,
and who goes sightseeing for the
sake of appearance?

Applications
Who's more up for extreme travel,
who prefers hunt for impressions,
and who goes sightseeing for the
sake of appearance?
And how should one organize an
exciting travel for their child?

Applications
Who values the frame
more than the painting,
and why is this person
always in the bucks?

Applications
Why do women experiment on
themselves,
men—on other men,
children—on their parents?

Applications
Why do men have trouble
distributing gifts
among their loved ones?

Applications
Or even better, why do men tend to
every need of their children,
regardless of the colour of their
clothes?

Applications
Why has the world of men
given the word "blue"
vulgar connotations?

Applications
Why do we, men and women, call
homosexuals a "minority"?

Applications
Why do we, men and women, call
homosexuals a "minority"?
And why do the minorities scream
so loudly, as though they need to
have their diapers changed?

Applications
Why are gays considered
"the votaries of art",
whereas lesbians are generally
thought of as "thrill-seekers"?

Applications
How do we keep our children
from switching?

Applications
How do we keep our children
from switching?
Do we really have to do it?

Applications
How do we keep our children
from switching?
Do we really have to do it?
Whilst it might be better to just
teach them to control their gender?