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androgyny
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androgyny

Having both male and female sex organs, or possessing characteristics and qualities of both sexes. The use of androgynous figures in mythology and art is widespread: in Greek mythology, for example, the minor god Hermaphroditus became both male and female after the nymph Salacis was united with him in one body.

The concept of androgyny was further developed by the feminist movement, which emphasized that human personality is made up of both masculine and feminine characteristics. If males develop their ‘feminine’ side, and females their ‘male’ side, it was argued, differences could be lessened, and rigid stereotyping avoided.
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Judith in the Fine Arts: The Appeal of the Archetypal Androgyne.
Judith the heroine? Lies, seduction, and murder in cultural ... by deSilva, David A. / Biblical Theology Bulletin
The head of General Molotov (all works 1994-2005), for example--a bust of a man whose green plastic bib, studded with brass tacks, suggested a military uniform--had been rudely bisected by a piece of glass topped with a lump of foam, while the figure in Most Isolated Human Being was an armless, gold-painted androgyne whose coral-colored brains appeared to be spilling out of its head.
Matthew Monahan by Schambelan, Elizabeth / Artforum International
The fulfillment of desire then consists in the (re)union of two complementary bodies--the male with male, the female with the female, and the androgyne with his or her other half, once more forming an originary whole.
Desiring bodies by Loughlin, Gerard / Cross Currents
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