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Abu Nasr bin Yahya bin Abbas al-Maghribi al-Samaw’uli

12th century writer in Arabic who discusses why women might prefer lesbianism.

LHMP entry

A catalog of reasons why women might take up grinding, essentially identical to the one given in al-Yemeni: due to physiological or esthetic issues, because she is slow to climax with a man, because of pain on intercourse, because she prefers smooth-cheeked kisses, because she has a dominant “masculine” personality.

Part II: The history and representation of female homosexuality in the Middle Ages

Chapter 3: An overview of Medieval literature concerning female homosexuality

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