Toward a Recognition of Androgyny
Book description
In this quietly provocative book, Carolyn G. Heilbrun opens our eyes to the ways in which the concept of androgyny-the realization of man in woman and woman in man-has run, like a hidden river, from its source in pre-Hellenic myth through the literature of the Western world. The androgynous ideal…
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1 author picked Toward a Recognition of Androgyny as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I found this book, which I read over fifty years ago, opening my eyes to the foundation of feminism. It taught me that all genders have both traditional female characteristics and male characteristics.
Having been raised to be the beautiful and dutiful wife, this book gave me the courage to exert my autonomy and appreciate that I held a voice of wisdom that couldn’t be commandeered by another person.
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