She's 'Androgynous'? Zoe Saldana Needs a Dictionary

Clutch magazine's Yesha Callahan is perplexed about some of the actress's recent commentary. 

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Then there's her abuse of the word "androgyny" when she speaks about possibly being able to fall in love with a woman, marry one and raise a family.

In the magazine, Saldana, 34, describes herself as "androgynous." She says she may "end up with a woman raising my children … that's how androgynous I am!" When asked to clarify if she was open to the idea of raising a child with another woman as her partner? She said, "Yes, I was raised that open."

Then she went on the Today Show, talking about androgyny again. Saying she could see herself living with and loving a woman.

That is not androgyny. That is called being bi-sexual, since you've also have had long term relationships with men, and say you still like men.

For the record, the meaning of androgyny is:

1: having the characteristics or nature of both male and female

2a : neither specifically feminine nor masculine

 b : suitable to or for either sex <androgynous clothing> …

Read Yesha Callahan's entire piece at Clutch magazine.

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