androgyny
Sign in to saveAndrogyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Androgyny may be expressed with regard to gender expression.
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Androgyny is when a person displays both masculine and feminine characteristics, whether in how they look, dress, or present themselves to the world. It matters because it shows that gender expression exists on a spectrum and doesn't have to fit neatly into traditional categories of "masculine" or "feminine."
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- Etymology
- History
- Modern history
- Psychological
- Bem Sex-Role Inventory
- Perceived Femininity and Masculinity Contribute Independently to Facial Impressions
- 21st Century Neo-Androgyny
- Personal Attributes Questionnaire
- Biological sex
- Gender identity
- Gender expression
- Contemporary trends
- Symbols and iconography
- See also
- References
- External links
Androgyny is the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics. Androgyny may be expressed with regard to gender expression.
When androgyny refers to mixed biological sex characteristics in humans, it often refers to conditions in which characteristics of both sexes are expressed in a single individual. These are known as intersex people, or those who are born with congenital variations that complicate assigning their sex at birth, as they do not correspond entirely to the male or female sexes. Both intersex and non-intersex people can exhibit a mixture of male and female sex traits such as hormone levels, type of internal and external genitalia, and the appearance of secondary sex characteristics.