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Wonders of the Little World (Nathaniel Wanley)

17th century English book of “curiosities” that includes a list of spontaneous sex-changes, primarily f>m.

LHMP entry

The general topic of this article is the ways in which women who had sex with women in 17-18th century Britain were marginalized from the category of “women” via the imagined figure of the hermaphrodite, combining in the image of the tribade who was endowed with a penis-equivalent, either in the form of an enlarged clitoris or sometimes a prolapsed vagina capable of performing penetration. This article traces that image through various genres of literature, both popular and professional.

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