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Androgyne and/vs Genderqueer

Started by Ephilei, December 27, 2008, 01:54:36 PM

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Ephilei

Quote from: Zythyra on January 11, 2009, 12:20:34 PM
Quote from: Ephilei on January 11, 2009, 11:43:25 AM
Me too. But many times I don't look androgynous which is one reason androgyne doesn't fit me.

One can be an androgyne (internal sense of gender) without necessarily having an androgynous presentation (external expression of gender).

Z

Yes and no. No because "androgynous" is the adjective form of "androgyne," so regardless of the official meaning, people will have a conotation of androgynous. That conotation even pervades previous parts of this thread!
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Shana A

Quote from: Ephilei on January 11, 2009, 05:49:45 PM
Quote from: Zythyra on January 11, 2009, 12:20:34 PM
Quote from: Ephilei on January 11, 2009, 11:43:25 AM
Me too. But many times I don't look androgynous which is one reason androgyne doesn't fit me.

One can be an androgyne (internal sense of gender) without necessarily having an androgynous presentation (external expression of gender).

Z

Yes and no. No because "androgynous" is the adjective form of "androgyne," so regardless of the official meaning, people will have a conotation of androgynous. That conotation even pervades previous parts of this thread!

True enough. When I first heard the term androgyne, I wasn't sure whether to use it sonce my presentation isn't always androgynous (although not for lack of preference).

Z
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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V M

When people began referring to me as androgynous, I didn't know what it meant at the time. I was too preoccupied by other things and didn't really think about it. But the term kept coming up from time to time. So I started to investigate. This lead to understanding human behavior better in general. I still have allot to learn. Funny how a particular term can influence a study and then one study leads to another.
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Jaimey

Quote from: Ephilei on January 11, 2009, 05:49:45 PM
Yes and no. No because "androgynous" is the adjective form of "androgyne," so regardless of the official meaning, people will have a conotation of androgynous. That conotation even pervades previous parts of this thread!

Well, to be perfectly honest, 'androgyne' isn't in any standard dictionary, so I would say it is derived from the term 'androgynous'.  I know that seems persnickety, but I do think it's important as far as understanding goes. One way to look at it is to say that a person who identifies as androgyne is psychologically androgynous.  It has more to do with how you feel on the inside than what you look like or how you dress.
If curiosity really killed the cat, I'd already be dead. :laugh:

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Shana A

Androgyne is in my widget dictionary, states the origin as 16th century.

Z
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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Jaimey

Quote from: Zythyra on January 12, 2009, 07:28:17 PM
Androgyne is in my widget dictionary, states the origin as 16th century.

Z

then why does firefox keep underlining it?  :laugh:
If curiosity really killed the cat, I'd already be dead. :laugh:

"How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant of the weak and the strong. Because someday in life you will have been all of these." GWC
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V M

The main things to remember in life are Love, Kindness, Understanding and Respect - Always make forward progress

Superficial fanny kissing friends are a dime a dozen, a TRUE FRIEND however is PRICELESS


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Shana A

Quote from: Jaimey on January 12, 2009, 07:32:02 PM
Quote from: Zythyra on January 12, 2009, 07:28:17 PM
Androgyne is in my widget dictionary, states the origin as 16th century.

Z

then why does firefox keep underlining it?  :laugh:

Maybe it isn't in Firefox's dictionary?

I also notice underlines for the word transgender, which is annoying.

Z
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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Pica Pica

I have a book of literary criticism called, 'the androgyne imagination', and uses the term as if it is expecting other literary critics to understand the term.
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V M

 ::) Yup they'll do that too  :laugh: Don't you just love critics?
The main things to remember in life are Love, Kindness, Understanding and Respect - Always make forward progress

Superficial fanny kissing friends are a dime a dozen, a TRUE FRIEND however is PRICELESS


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