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From: gam@amdahl.UUCP (Gordon A. Moffett)
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Subject: Re: Androgynous vs Hermaphroditic
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Date: Wed, 20-Mar-85 14:57:08 EST
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Actually androgynous originally meant 'having the physical
characteristics of both sexes'; the Websters New World dictionary
still uses this definition.  However, the social scientists picked
up the word fairly recently (50's/60's?) to describe having the
characteristic behaviors (?) of both male and female.

It is this newer meaning I think of when I hear the word 'androgynous'.
I think the 'hermaphrodite' meaning is obsolete, or becoming that
way.
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Gordon A. Moffett		...!{ihnp4,hplabs,sun}!amdahl!gam