Androgony

Question 1

What is Androgyny?

Answer 1

• It is a concept introduced by Sara Bem that males and females can display both feminine and masculine traits and behaviours.
• Sandra Bem suggested those who displayed androgyny were considered psychologically healthy.

Question 2

What two Greek words make up Androgyny?

Answer 2

Andro-Male

Gyny-Female

Question 3

How do we measure androgyny?

Answer 3

Bem sex role inventory (BSRI)

Question 4

Describe the BSRI?

Answer 4

• The BSRI is a psychological test based of 100 american participants in the 1970’s.
• It has 20 masculine traits, 20 feminine traits and 20 neutral traits.
• Participants have to give themselves a score on a likert scale out of 7 (1 being never true of me, 7 being always true of me) if they did display those traits.
• The scores would then be calculated on whether the person displayed masculinity, femininity or androgyny.

Question 5

AO3 for Androgyny

Answer 5

• Lacks temporal and population validity
• society view androgyny negatively
• self report method