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Created by combining the Greek words for man (andros) and woman (gynaika), androgyny ... While sex describes the physical body, "gender" describes the social role of an individual, based on sex. Although specific gender roles vary from culture to culture, most societies have clear definitions of what is women's behavior...
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www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/androgyny.html
www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/androgyny.html
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Expanding the Definition of Androgyny ... However, while "gender outlaws" may now be more prevalent in urban societies, the social construct of gender is still quite strictly enforced. Those who challenge it do so at great personal risk.
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www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/androgyny,2.html
www.glbtq.com/social-sciences/androgyny,2.html
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Androgyny Gender Social Roles Androgynous Sexual Means Morpheme Economy. ... Physiological androgyny (compare with hemaphroditism), dealing with physical traits, is distinct from behavioral androgyny which deals with personal and social anomalies in gender, and from psychological androgyny, which is a matter of gender identity.
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www.economicexpert.com/a/Androgynous.htm
www.economicexpert.com/a/Androgynous.htm
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Why the fatherhood ideal is making a comeback ... But beginning in the 1960s, our recognition of gender distinctiveness gave way to the ideal of androgyny. Out of a concern for greater social equity, androgyny advocates preached that men and women ought not only to be treated exactly the same, but to behave the same as well.
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www.hoover.org/publications/policyreview/3573337.html
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In 1970, 79 practicing psychiatrists, clinical psychologists and social workers participated in a psychological study. ... In 1974, a Stanford University psychologist, Sandra Bem, developed the concept of androgyny (pronounced "an-DROJ-ih-nee"). "Andro-" means "man," and "gyn-" refers to "woman." Bem does not view femininity...
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www.jiskha.com/social_studies/psychology/androgyny.html
www.jiskha.com/social_studies/psychology/androgyny.html
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Androgyny has spread worldwide, effecting many aspects of society. ... Capitalizing the growing social affinity to androgyny, the fashion industry promoted the meteoric rises of fashion designers — Helmut Lang, Giorgio Armani, Pierre Cardin, to name a few — for their unisex-styled clothes.
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uniorb.com/RCHECK/RAndrogyny.htm
uniorb.com/RCHECK/RAndrogyny.htm
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"new father" is the goal of parental androgyny--fa- thers and mothers playing essentially the same social roles. Social androgyny may be an appropriate goal ...
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www.springerlink.com/index/A13H43G38JR406P2.pdf
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On balance, I favor social androgyny. However, I can not over look biology. My second bias is that I am of the nature-nurture persuasion than it's all nature or it's all nurture. Thus, I suggest that if in 50 years, we MAY discover that not all women are about the same or that all men are the same.
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www.socialvibes.net/HTMLarticles/THEFEMALEBRAIN.htm
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