| dc.description.abstract | This article presents a conception of androgyny which is free from culturally imposed definitions of masculinity
and Femininity. Masculinity and femininity represent complementary domains of positive traits and behaviors, and
that it is therefore possible, in principle, for an individual to be both masculine and feminine, both
instrumental and expressive, both agentic and communal, depending upon the situational appropriateness of these
various modalities. Moreover, it is argued that for fully effective and healthy human functioning, masculinity and
femininity must each be tempered by the other, and the two must be integrated into a more balanced, a more fully
human, a truly androgynous personality. An androgynous personality would thus represent the very best of what
masculinity and femininity have each come to represent, and the more negative exaggerations of masculinity and
femininity would tend to be cancelled out. Androgyny is a third dimension, but it isn’t a complex union of the
totalities of traditionally definited masculinity and femininity.
Moreover this article presents researches on psychological consistency of androgyny, and a conception of the
healthy personality. | en_EN |
