Atruozan gender

The Atruozan gender system, or the FiVe-GeNdEr SyStEm (more people yoink this baby, the name gets actual credence), is the legal gender system within the majority of Atruosphere nations, or a recognised system therein, and is culturally predominant within groups of Atruozan peoples and very common within areas of diaspora. (!!Don't feel afraid to adopt this framework or a fun mix/transitional blend of this and the Adzamasiin gender framework within South Baredina north of the Atruosphere, esp in and east of the central range (same goes for esp far southern Ystel)!! Anywhere else adopting it can get mentioned in here later in edit). The system is comprised of five genders, and bears similarity to the Adzamasiin gender system, leading some to propose a potential common origin of the two. The genders are tied to specific social roles, personality traits, and behaviours.

Transliteration and orthography

In modern Atruozan, the five genders are semreittu, lonkweuo, menaippø, ëmmersüp, and kwuomãl. From these the English/meta names were chosen. These are, in order, semreittu, longqeuwo, menaippo, emmeirsup, and qwuumal. There are no distinct plural forms.

Overview

As previously mentioned, the five genders are semreittu, longqeuwo, menaippo, emmeirsup, and qwuumal. In an extreme oversimplification, these might be translated as home-carers, hunters, processors, crafters, and spirituality/healers/teachers. Among peoples with the Adzamasiin gender system, semreittu and longqeuwo are often conflated with sena and rukrar, respectively, and by further extension, it isn't uncommon for binary or binary-plus gender system peoples to conflate these two with 'woman' and 'man'. This is of course inaccurate, especially in the later case, and perfect likeness being assumed in the former is also incorrect as there are some differences in specific role, in addition to the Atruozan gender system not being tied strictly to physical sex. In groups with the four-gender system with quurosh, or binary-plus groups, qwuumal may occasionally be assumed to be a perfect likeness (to the third gender role within binary-plus groupings), which is also inaccurate.

That said, there are physical-sex based notable trends which can be observed, and as such an extraordinarily oversimplified summary can be provided in the following table :

	AFAB	AMAB	Intersex
feminine	semreittu	emmeirsup	qwuumal
masculine	menaippo	longqeuwo

AFAB and AMAB refer to those who would, in a two-gender system, be assigned female/male at birth (respectively). In short, AFAB people are born with a vulva and vagina, and AMAB people with a penis and testes. "Feminine" and "masculine" refer to gender expression, but are not very accurate terms, since within gender system each gender has its own specific role, personality traits, appropriate attire and expression, and expected behaviour. Qwuumal are generally seen as neutral, if slightly "masculine"-leaning, as evidenced by Atruozan languages with a noun-class system containing neutral animate, "masculine", and "feminine", which most often place qwuumal referents under the neutral animate as it relates to intersex and AMAB individuals, whereas with respect to AFAB individuals, qwuumal referents are placed under the "masculine". In languages with this noun-class division or a similar one, qwuumal and its related things are also seen placed regardless into a neutral animate class, or more rarely, with the aforementioned sex-based divide occuring, but with AMAB qwuumal referents placed under the "feminine".

The gender distribution of the population is approximately 40% semreittu, 25% lonqeuwo, 18% menaippo, 13% emmeirsup, and 4% qwuumal. To further elaborate on the sex-based trends seen, it is estimated that around 80% of semreittu are AFAB, 78% of longqeuwo are AMAB, 60% of menaippo are AFAB, 85% of emmeirsup are AMAB, and that around 82% of intersex individuals identify as qwuumal (the remainder is divided by an AMAB:AFAB ratio estimated at around 1,4:1).

Gender roles

The traditional gender roles and their duties are centred around the nomadic and semi-nomadic ways of life traditionally common to most Ystelo-Atruozan (and adjacent?) peoples. In regions with relatively more sedentary lifestyles traditionally, similar albeit slightly different roles adapted to such a lifestyle were and are seen. In the present day, these roles and duties remain largely the same, albeit with some adaptation in cities and larger towns in line with the modernisation of life in the current era.

Semreittu

Semreittu are among the "feminine" personalities, and are most commonly (although not exclusively) AFAB. They are the "home-carers", and associated strongly with the home in all aspects, as well as with nurturing, compassionate, gentle, and dominant personalities. In nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes, they are the ones responsible for the contruction and maintenance of the home/tent/shelter, as well as for its eventual deconstruction, winterisation, or summerisation, and the keeping of inventory and preparation for transport of the housing materials. They also are the primary caregivers during the day of infants and very young children, and often are tasked with light foraging in close proximity to the village or campsite. In traditionally sedentary communities who partook in some lighter farming, they would often work with the planting and raising of crops, as well as aid somewhat in their harvest, in addition to the general daily tending to livestock, including both milking muskoxen and camels, and collecting qiviut (muskox wool). They are also generally in charge of barter and gift transactions traditionally, which translates in the modern era in larger settlements to them most often dealing with both the setting of prices and general shopping, especially of food-based groceries (this in addition to partaking in gardening and/or foraging).

In cities and large towns, semreittu are still most often those dealing with the watching and raising of young children and infants during the day, while dealing with the family's finances, despite a fairly large percentage not being officially employed in any capacity. Semreittu hold a very strong dominance within home construction and furnishing, as well as home-based repair and maintenance trades (in the sense of the trades as they relate to residential home applications). It is not uncommon for them to be the one to primarily build their family's home, and on camping and hunting trips are still very much so the ones responsible for lodging. In dealing with the homes and finances, they also are the gender who predominantly deals with the effective "rent" paid for all buildings (within the Atruosphere), as full independent home and land ownership is a foreign concept.

While not common, they may hold perform roles as midwives, and help out as a cook, second to menaippo. Due to their traditional roles surrounding bartering and trading, as well as home-caring, they also can be found in management and cashier/storefront positions, and are a decently common option as waiters, alongside lonqeuwo and menaippo.

Longqeuwo

Longqeuwo are among the "masculine" personalities, and are most commonly (although not exclusively) AMAB. They are the "hunters", and are strongly associated with the outdoors, strength, empathy, patience, and physical sport. In nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes, their duties require them to travel often, varying between day trips up to multi-week trips for the purposes of hunting, and also perform most fishing and some slaughtering. On larger trips, they may be tasked with the transport of goods for trading, as well as being expected to forage certain further-out nutrients. They are also usually the sole group responsible for the raising and caring of dogs, which traditionally provide them with a method of transportation and hunting aid for the better part of the year. They are expected to be somewhat more jacks-of-all-trades than the other genders, as they traditionally require basic knowledge traditionally associated with other gender roles, such as sewing, cooking, weapon and tool repair, and shelter construction, during many trips in which they don't have help from all others in their family who would otherwise fulfil those duties.