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Androgyny Page Review
Needs work on underlying psychological principles and implications (particularly of research) in addition to the already present stuff on personality attributes.

Don't forget to cross link to other wiki articles (gender psych of course).

Maybe provide more contemporary or cultural examples: Judaism? Islam? Buddhism? Idk do more research or maybe nah

The gender identity section is just garbage. So is the gender and behavior section. Literally have incorrect information, as well as a bunch of irrelevant references. (genderqueer can be used as a gender label)

Stuff I'm Adding to the Page

 * Updated androgyny definition but was bounced back, original definition sufficient

Androgyny is an adjective used to describe a combination of characteristics commonly associated with both masculinity and femininity.


 * Changed section title from "Biological sex" to "Biological Androgyny"


 * Added "Psychological Androgyny" section

Though definitions of androgyny vary throughout the scientific community, it is generally supported that androgyny represents a blending of traits associated with both masculinity and femininity. In psychological study, various tests have been used to characterize gender, such as the Bem Sex Role Inventory, the Personal Attributes Questionnaire. Broadly speaking, masculine traits are categorized as instrumental, dealing with assertiveness and analytical skill. Feminine traits are categorized as expressive, dealing with empathy and subjectivity.

Androgynous individuals exhibit behavior that extends beyond what is normally associated with their given sex. Due to the possession of both masculine and feminine characteristics, androgynous individuals have access to a wider array of psychological competencies in regards to emotional regulation, communication styles, and situational adaptability. Androgynous individuals have also been associated with higher levels of creativity and mental health.


 * Removed section equating lesbianism and androgyny


 * Moved Bem section into psychological andgrogyny section, and added the PAQ test for androgyny

Personal Attribues Questionnaire
The PAQ was developed in the 70s by Janet Spence, Robert Helmreich, and Joy Stapp. This test asked subjects to complete to a survey consisting of three sets of scales relating to masculinity, femininity, and masculinity-femininity. These scales had sets of adjectives commonly associated with males, females, and both. These descriptors were chosen based off of typical characteristics as rated by a population of undergrad students. Similar to the BSRI, the PAQ labeled androgynous individuals as people who ranked highly in both the areas of masculinity and femininity. However, Spence and Helmreich considered androgyny to be a descriptor of high levels of masculinity and femininity as opposed to a category in and of itself.


 * removed extraneous gender behavior section and added content to gender expression section
 * Added Stuff on cultural examples of 3rd genders under gender identity section

Many non-western cultures include additional gender identities which are androgynous. Jewish culture recognizes the Tumtum and Androgynos genders. In Chinese culture exists the Yinyang ren gender. The Bugis of Indonesia recognize five genders, Bissu representing the androgynous category. In Hawaiian culture, the third gender Māhū is recognized. In Oaxacan Zapotec culture, the Muxe are recognized as a third gender. In India, the Hijra is the third androgynous gender. Samoans accept Fa’afafine as a third gender. Native American culture includes Two Spirit as a general third gender.


 * removed the "alternatives" section because it was only vaguely tangential to the concept of androgyny, and did nothing to help frame the concept of androgyny in the article, bounced back because it is actually sorta related as they are both along the same thought line


 * removed paragraph under gender expression conflating gender identity and sexual orientation. it also included vaguely offensive/outdated terms, bounced back because not offensive when viewed in an academic light

Annotations on Sources
Am using these


 * Great source: androgynous models, differences in understanding of concept, scales used to measure androgyny
 * Great Source: Managers who exhibit androgynous traits are more effective, more adaptable to various situations. instrumental + expressive(38), expression of androgyny, impacts of androgyny
 * androgynous individuals exhibit behavior that extends beyond what is normally associated with their given sex.
 * Great Source: Gendered nature of emotional regulation?, androgyny is associated with better mental, emotional, social, and personal health, etc. Studies indicate lots of benefits. Androgynous people better at work bc more adaptable. emotional androgyny definition.


 * OK Source: androgyny associated with creativity (damn!), psychological androgyny, Sandra Bem on that, sexual preference unrelated to levels of psychological androgyny (Bem), benefits of being androgynous according to Bem research, Torrance on creativity in androgynous people, Helsen on creativity in female mathematicians, Weinsein and Bobko on androgyny correlations to creativity(not direct link, just association), Hittner and Daniels 2002 on same thing pretty much, overall, androgyny is dope, but direction of nature of correlation is not definite


 * OK Source: According to psychologist Csikszentmihalyi, androgyny and sexuality are separate,"it deals not with sexual constitution but with a set of psychoemotional capacities."

Not using these


 * Bad Source: Quantifying/Qualifying Androgyny: History of androgyny tests, info about the BSRI, why its nice, and what its limitations are. - garbage source because no info given


 * Bad Source: Androgyny as a communication skill or technique, benefits about that - garbage source because essentially blog


 * Bad Source: better definition of androgyny, explains that its not a sexual orientation or an indicator of dysphoria - garbage source because other wiki


 * Bad Source: Intersexuality info, difference between behavioral and psychological androgyny, explains that its not a sexual orientation and can include dysphoria associated with transgender individuals, celebrities do androgyny to appeal to larger audience: men & women - garbage source because various reasons