Comments on: Word of the Week: Androgynous

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 16:06:53 +0000

I completely identify with what you said there. Well put.

Great art by the way

By: Raine

Raine — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 17:10:43 +0000

My personality is fairly androgynous. I like to bake, sow, and chat about fashion, but I also like to mountain bike, program, and play violent video games now and then. At times I’m dominate and others I’m submissive. My life is a whole blend of yin and yang. I say that fitting into a binary would only limit my experience of life and my personal growth.

People mistake me for a girl when I crossdress, so I’m guessing there’s something going down in the genes.

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:18:10 +0000

Totally relevant and you made perfect sense Karen, thanks for sharing

By: Karen Cameron

Karen Cameron — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 09:17:28 +0000

I don’t know if this is relevant, but at one time. I hated getting my hair cut and I wore it down past my shoukders and kept the body hair to a minimum. I had quite a thick head of hair that got me comments from quite a few women. My late wife even decided to see what she could do with it after I told her I was transgender.
I got some stick about the way I looked. I was asked if I was gay, is that a man? That sort of thing.
I was happy with the way I looked and the need to get dressed up wasn’t as strong as it is now. These days the hair is short so I can get the wig on and it is thinning a bit up top. When I go out presenting as female I love wearing jeans and a top Not much different to what I wear usually. I guess I’ve always felt androgynous and up until 5 years ago thats the way I may have looked I never really thought about it. The need to crossdress didn’t hit me as much as it does now,
I don’t know if this makes any sense

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:06:04 +0000

I also once thought that artists / celebs like Boy George, who chose to present themselves in such a way were freaky.

No way, it doesn’t make you creepy.

By: Leslie Ann

Leslie Ann — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 08:05:37 +0000

My first encounter with this term was Boy George. Geez, he was creepy. Now I’m kinda aiming for androgynous, trying to find a middle ground where I can have what I want and keep what I have. Does this make ME creepy?

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:26:34 +0000

What a great point (butch – effeminate). A significant part of this is driven by advertising, as we have seen.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:25:16 +0000

It’s ironic, that in our binary gendered society, and androgynous female is considered butch, and an androgynous male is considered effeminate. Human beings are big on denial. I often wonder if we will ever evolve to the point, where we fully accept the reality of a poly-gendered society?

Melissa

By: Jessica De Leon

Jessica De Leon — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:00:13 +0000

Hi Teneisha,

Exactly, no need for labels, especially when you feel so comfortable and confident in yourself. I appreciate the insightful comment.

By: teneisha

teneisha — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:59:31 +0000

Although I was born a female and live as a female married to a man, I often feel pretty Androgynous. I often look like a boy who looks like a girl who looks like a boy type of thing. I love wearing ties and i only shave my armpits for special occasions.

I also have a thing for Androgynous females.

What does that make me? I have no idea…but I don’t really need a label anyhow.

Thank you for the great blog!