Category: Androgyny-Based Gender Theory

Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Thinking about alternatives to today’s patriarchal society is more relevant now than ever. Indeed, there are all kinds of indications that patriarchy has entered the final stage of its existence. I therefore refer to the present time as the late patriarchy. Patriarchal culture began on Earth as much as…

Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Gender neutrality has been the new ideal in the emancipation of sexuality and gender for several years. This is evidenced in part by the fact that an increasing number of young people identify as non-binary, a label born of the belief that the dual distinction between masculine and feminine…

Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Patriarchal society (see AGTRT-BA9) has traumatized us. Patriarchal culture has split our psyche, resulting in trauma. Since all people are patriarchally socialized to a greater or lesser degree in the present age, one could argue that all people are traumatized to a greater or lesser degree at this time…

Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team Nowadays, there is excellent scientific documentation that gay men suffer from a specific kind of trauma. This “gay trauma” is a very persistent phenomenon, and it is very important to work with it. In the patriarchal society (see AGTRT-BA9) in which we live, everyone is traumatized to a greater…

Laurens BuijsAmsterdam Gender Theory Research Team I have been so inspired by my work into the role of androgyny in human beings that I want to explore this topic further in the coming years. All men are also feminine, and all women are also masculine: every human being has an androgynous core. But there is…