ANDROGYNY

• WHAT IS ANDROGYNY?

  display of a high level/ equal balance of both masculine and feminine traits
• WHAT IS ANDROGYNY MEASURED USING?

  BSRI
• WHAT WERE ANDROGYNOUS PEOPLE FOUND TO BE?

  more comfortable as they were not suppressing their identity allowing them to be more mentally healthy

  -> able to handle situations flexibly
• WHAT DO WESTERN SOCIETIES ENCOURAGE?

  boys to inhibit feminine traits, girls to inhibit masculine traits