Women and Work-From Housewifisation to Androgyny

From Housewifisation to Androgyny Susan Visvanathan Unlike hermaphroditism, which is a lack of physical differentiation, or bisexuality, which is a lack of clarity in gender identification, androgyny expresses a conscious interplay of masculine and feminine aspects of the individual psyche. The article attempts to understand androgyny through the works of Philomena-Marie when she is actively engaged in mobilising the Kerala fisherfolk against the encroachment of the big trawlers.