Androgyny

Upon meeting someone for the first time, our brain automatically focuses on what our eyes see. We unconsciously begin a list of preconceptions based on what someone is wearing or the color of their skin. It happens so quickly and then continues the instant the conversation begins. However, beyond the color of our hair or our height, there is something that is even more unconsciously thought provoking and filled with preconceptions: our “gender.” It’s the thing that soon-to-be-parents look…

when thinking of who might one turn to, his novel The Sun Also Rises has what, some claim to be, underlying arguments about gender being a social construction, and even challenging this idea with his characters. The themes of gender fluency and androgyny are prominent throughout the novel. Hemingway stresses the themes of masculinity and femininity so strongly within his novel The Sun Also Rises to challenge the idea of traditional male and female gender and proposes it as a social…

Despite the denim heads not really being herd animals, the tribe still has a sense of hierarchical structure. There is an inner circle of denim heads, the practitioners (see appendix p.), where the older and more professional individuals consider themselves to be the wise men. They usually willing to impart their knowledge onto the younger generations of the tribe, sharing their insights to the story. Denim heads, like raw denim and cheese, get better with age. The newer generations of denim…

Diversity and Culture Culture is a powerful characteristic learned over the course of our lives, influenced by our surroundings that develop who we become as an individual. The term is defined in Floyd’s (2014) Interpersonal Communication textbook as, “Culture is defined as the system of learned and shared symbols, language, values, and norms that distinguishes a group of people from another,” (Floyd, 2014, page 36). Culture is one of the traits that brings diversity, and defines people to…

crime of which anyone is potentially capable, to an act that is the expression of an innate identity. . . . He says: ‘Homosexuality appeared as one of the forms of sexuality when it was transposed from the practice of sodomy onto a kind of interior androgyny, a hermaphroditism of the soul. The sodomite had been a temporary aberration; the homosexual was now a species…

as part of their own gender, which Conti uses to connect to her interpretation of Halberstam’s (1998) notion of a masculinity continuum, which showcases categories of queer females and their traditional meanings in relation to masculinity, with “androgyny” on the “not masculine” end, “Female-to-Male” or transgendered on the other, and “butch” in the middle. Besides limiting how a person can define herself, such strictly outlined categories perpetuate the stigmatization of women who…

Analysis of Hines et al 2003 Study on CAIS Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome is a disorder that comes from defects in the androgen receptor gene (Hines, et al 2003). This causes the external genitalia to be female at birth with underdeveloped internal genitalia (Hines, Ahmed, Hughes 93). Since the genitalia are female appear female, most people with this disorder are pronounce female at birth and are thus raised as females. In fact, people with this disorder are more feminine at puberty…

Angels & Demon and the The Vinci Code? Do you know the Secret of the Holy Grail that discussed in the Book 'The Vinci Code'? Usually in Holy Mass Catholics they would raise this so-called Holly Grail and inside this Grail is the Chalice which they refer as the blood of Jesus. But of course people will think of it so hard until they will seek an answer is that what Jesus really meant? Take a look at the picture I posted with this. It was painted by Leonardo da Vinci, the famous Leonardo we all…

psyc&100 exploring psychology edition 10. Chapter 5 Sex, Gender, And Sexuality describe transgender as an umbrella term describing people whose gender identity or expression differ from that associated with their birth. The book also uses the term androgyny when mentioning transgender. Being transgender is not widely accepted in the public not only that but being a transgender youth, they not only have to face discrimination but can also encounter family excursion. According to the article…

about the first time she read about two women liking each other which was different from the usual way where women were mentioned only in relation to the men. This, she states, causes the literature to suffer. Finally, she talks about the use of androgyny regarding the mind. She states that it is important to use both the masculine and feminine aspects of the mind while writing. De Beauvior’s “the Second Sex” de Beauvior focuses on the myths surrounding women and how these myths attempt to…