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From: [e-mail] (Karen van Hoek)
Newsgroups: soc.bi
Subject: Bisexuality and androgyny
Date: 26 Jan 1993 03:09:20 GMT
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I recently read the book _Closer to Home_; many of the essays talk about
how the bisexual movement is going to do away with gender and lead us
to a truly androgynous society.   It got me wondering -- _are_ we all
into androgyny, and if so, to what extent?  Certainly I'm a feminist
and in favor of doing away with all societally-restricted roles and
codes of behavior based on gender -- but I'm not sure I'd say I'm really
for "androgyny".  And the idea that being bisexual means you don't
notice or care about gender -- not true for me.  I like men who look
masculine, with as many of the secondary sex characteristics as possible
(deep voice, body hair, muscles, etc.), and I like women who look and
dress feminine (I tend to wear skirts and makeup a fair bit, myself).
I wonder if I'm unusual, and if everyone else in the bi movement likes
the androgynous look for both sexes.  Any comments?

Karen