androgny

• what is androgyny


  in pschological terms it is used to describe flexible gender roles, displaying a balance of masculine and feminine traits, attitudes and behaviours
• sandra bem challenged this concept suggesting that there is more than two gender types and she added androgynous to masculine and feminine
• what is the bem role sex inventory

  bem developed a method for measuring androgyny and suggested that high levels of it is associated with psychological wellbeing
• in bems role sex inventory the participants have to rate themselvs on a 7 point rating scale
• a person can score high or low or both regardless of their sex