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Androgyny is a term derived from the s or having a lack of gender identification. The first is the mixing of Masculine and Feminine characteristics, be it the example of the loud fashion statements of musicians like Hideto Matsumoto , Gackt Camui , Miyavi , Aoi and Uruha of The GazettE , Bou of Antique Cafe , Mana , old school Dir En Grey , X-Japan (and most any other male in the Visual Kei music genre today), David Bowie and Boy George , or the balance of " Anima " and " Animus " in Jungian Psychoanalytic Theory . The second is in describing something that is neither masculine nor feminine, for example the Hijras of India who are often described as "neither man nor woman" or Angels which are often portrayed as genderless. ANDROGYNOUS TRAITS Androgynous traits are those that either have no gender value, or have some aspects generally attributed to the opposite gender. , although there is a politicized version known as Genderqueer . To say that a culture or relationship is androgynous is to say that it lacks rigid Gender Role s and that the people involved display characteristics or partake in activities traditionally associated with the other gender. The term ''androgynous'' is often used to refer to a person whose look or build make determining their gender difficult but is generally not used as a synonym for actual Intersexuality , Transgender or Two-spirit people. Occasionally, people who do not actually define themselves as androgynes adapt their physical appearance to look androgynous. This outward androgyny has been used as a fashion statement, and some of the milder forms of it (women wearing men's pants/men wearing skirts, for example) are not perceived as Transgender ed behavior. Lesbian s who don't define themselves as Butch Or Femme may identify with various other labels including ''androgynous'' or ''andro'' for short. A few other examples include Lipstick Lesbian , Tomboy , and 'tom suay' which is Thai for 'beautiful butch'. Some lesbians reject Gender Performativity labels altogether and resent their imposition by others. Note that androgynous and butch are often considered equivalent definitions, though less so in the butch/femme scene. A recently-coined word, often used to refer to androgynes, is Genderqueer . However, this term can be used to refer to anyone who identifies as Transgender , or even someone who identifies as Cisgender but whose behavior falls outside the average standard gender norms. An androgyne may be attracted to people of any gender, though many identify as Pansexual or Asexual . Terms such as Bisexual , Heterosexual , and Homosexual have less meaning for androgynes who do not identify as male or female to begin with. Infrequently the words Gynephilia And Androphilia are used, which refer to the gender of the person someone is attracted ''to'', and do not imply any particular gender on the part of the person who is feeling the attraction. People who show Androgyny traits are seen in Psychology as being the most mentally stable individuals because they can see situations from both a masculine and feminine perspective. They tend to also handle social situations better than people who are typically defined as solely masculine or solely feminine. ANDROGYNES An androgyne is a person who does not fit cleanly into the typical Masculine and Feminine Gender Roles of their society. Many androgynes identify as being mentally "between" male and female, or as entirely genderless. The former may also use the term ''ambigender'', the latter ''non-gendered'' or ''agender''. They may experience mental swings between genders, sometimes referred to as being '' Bigender '' or ''gender fluid''. Intergender is also a word that androgynes can use to describe being between or beyond genders. ''Androgyne'' used to be primarily used as a synonym for Hermaphrodite (a term since replaced by the word Intersex ), but this usage has fallen out of favor. Androgynes sometimes refer to themselves using Gender-neutral Pronouns or the Singular They . A few even take steps toward transitioning from their birth sex into a physically androgynous form. ANDROGYNY IN CULTURE
In fiction, androgynous characters are growing in popularity.: Anime and manga Androgynous characters are readily apparent in Anime and Manga , possibly due to the concept of beautifully feminine boys known as Bishōnen . Also, Transsexual or Crossdressing characters are relatively common when compared to Western media.
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