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==Origin==
[[Latin]] ''androgynus'' hermaphrodite, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek]: ἀνδρόγυνος, from ἀνήρ, stem ἀνδρ- (anér, ''andr''-, [[meaning]] man) and γυνή (''gunē'', ''gyné'', meaning [[woman]]).
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1651]
==Definitions==
*1: having the characteristics or [[nature]] of both [[male]] and [[female]]
*2a : neither specifically feminine nor masculine <the androgynous pronoun them>
:b : suitable to or for either [[gender|sex]] <androgynous clothing>
*3: having [[traditional]] male and female roles obscured or reversed <an androgynous [[marriage]]>
==Description==
'''Androgyny''' refers to the combination of [[masculine]] and [[feminine]] characteristics. Sexual [[ambiguity]] may be found in [[fashion]], [[gender]] [[identity]], sexual identity, or sexual [[lifestyle]]. It could also refer to biological intersex physicality, especially with regards to [[plant]] and human [[sexuality]].
''Androgyny'' and [[homosexuality]] are seen in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato's_Symposium Plato’s Symposium] in a [[myth]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristonphanes Aristophanes] tells the [[audience]]. People used to be spherical creatures, with two bodies attached back to back who cartwheeled around. There were three sexes: the male-male people who descended from the sun, the female-female people who descended from the earth, and the male-female people who came from the [[moon]]. This last pairing represented the ''androgynous'' couple. These sphere people tried to take over the gods and failed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Zeus] then decided to cut them in half and had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Apollo] stitch them back together leaving the navel as a reminder to not defy the gods again. If they did, he would cleave them in two again to hop around on one leg. Plato states in this work that homosexuality is shameless. This is one of the earlier written references to ''androgyny''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgyny]
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[[Category: Mythology]]
==Origin==
[[Latin]] ''androgynus'' hermaphrodite, from [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Greek Ancient Greek]: ἀνδρόγυνος, from ἀνήρ, stem ἀνδρ- (anér, ''andr''-, [[meaning]] man) and γυνή (''gunē'', ''gyné'', meaning [[woman]]).
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/17th_century 1651]
==Definitions==
*1: having the characteristics or [[nature]] of both [[male]] and [[female]]
*2a : neither specifically feminine nor masculine <the androgynous pronoun them>
:b : suitable to or for either [[gender|sex]] <androgynous clothing>
*3: having [[traditional]] male and female roles obscured or reversed <an androgynous [[marriage]]>
==Description==
'''Androgyny''' refers to the combination of [[masculine]] and [[feminine]] characteristics. Sexual [[ambiguity]] may be found in [[fashion]], [[gender]] [[identity]], sexual identity, or sexual [[lifestyle]]. It could also refer to biological intersex physicality, especially with regards to [[plant]] and human [[sexuality]].
''Androgyny'' and [[homosexuality]] are seen in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plato's_Symposium Plato’s Symposium] in a [[myth]] that [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristonphanes Aristophanes] tells the [[audience]]. People used to be spherical creatures, with two bodies attached back to back who cartwheeled around. There were three sexes: the male-male people who descended from the sun, the female-female people who descended from the earth, and the male-female people who came from the [[moon]]. This last pairing represented the ''androgynous'' couple. These sphere people tried to take over the gods and failed. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeus Zeus] then decided to cut them in half and had [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo Apollo] stitch them back together leaving the navel as a reminder to not defy the gods again. If they did, he would cleave them in two again to hop around on one leg. Plato states in this work that homosexuality is shameless. This is one of the earlier written references to ''androgyny''.[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Androgyny]
[[Category: Biology]]
[[Category: Mythology]]
