History of Men's Spaces
In the early days of human civilizaton, as proven by several indigenous and aboriginal tribes, boys, along with other children, lived in women's spaces till they reached puberty, after which they generally had to undergo 'manhood tests' or 'rites of passage into manhood' in order to be initiated into men's spaces.
The manhood tests became more and more torturous with time during which men were expected not to show the slightest sign of pain or sigh. Boys who failed these tests were denied membership of men's spaces, which amounted to denying manhood and being emasculated, and were isolated as one of the third genders, deprived of social rights and privileges available to 'men.' This was a fate worse than death for masculine gendered males.
The feminine gendered males, i.e. the third genders were in some tribes exempt from manhood tests and were raised as third genders from early childhood, when they showed what is today known as "Gender incongruent behaviour."
In what are considered modern civilizations, it is still of great importance to be counted as one of the men. It can even be a matter of life and death for masculine gendered males. - and to be isolated as a 'third gender' remains severely stigmatizing for masculine gendered males.
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