Androgyny

ANDROGYNY, or androgyny (from Greek aner, andros- man, gyne- woman), the presence of secondary sexual characteristics of the opposite sex. An androgyne is not only a man with female (a gynander is a woman with male) bodily structure, but also with character, thoughts, actions, and tastes characteristic of the opposite sex. At present, terms that more precisely define the various categories of this phenomenon are accepted: intersexuality, gynandromorphism, hermaphroditism (see). Despite the frequent absence of any anomalies of the external genital organs, these deviations from norm should nevertheless not be separated from hermaphroditism; between them and androgyny a sharp boundary cannot be drawn.