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From: amra@ihu1n.UUCP (s. aldrich)
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Subject: Re: Return With Us Now...
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Date: Tue, 19-Mar-85 21:00:33 EST
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> 
> 	A few weeks ago I overheard a conversation in the 7-11 between
> two young women.  One saw a picture of Prince or Michael Jackson
> (or somebody like that) and said to the other "I wonder if he
> is androgenous?"  (I got real interested, wondering why she
> didn't just look at his picture on the cover of the magazine
> to find out).   The other said "What does androgenous mean?" (I
> lucked out!).  The first said, "you know, they are both sexes."
> After looking through the magazine for a moment she said "ah yes,
> here it is, he's androgenous!"   It seems that she confused
> the word "androgenous" with "hermaphroditic".     Perhaps
> the confusion is more common than I realized.
> 
> 
> -- 
> scc!steiny
> Don Steiny - Personetics @ (408) 425-0382    ihnp4!pesnta   -\
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    Don,

   Hermaphrodite refers to "a plant or animal having the REPRODUCTIVE ORGANS
  of BOTH sexes", not sexual ambiguity(Androgeny). A person/animal/thing
  which no clear SEXUAL Identity, as opposed to Gender Identity, is considered
  androgenous. Boy George is ANDROGENOUS, not HERMAPHRODITIC! (At least as
  far as I know :-)

    Perhaps this isn't the "correct definition", if I've made any error,
  (wouldn't be the first time :-), please let me know!

    Peace & Best Wishes
  From The Atoms Currently Associated As:
    Steve Aldrich (ihnp4!ihu1n!amra)

..."What's So Bad About Peace, Love, & Understanding?"