![]() ![]() The Effeminacy of this persons speech induced me to think that he had suffered castration, and that other unnatural and shocking things were done by him, and particularly as I had myself some Idea that it was common in this sea. ![]() That the Men had frequent connections with him and that he lived, observed the same ceremonies, and eat as the Women did. On asking Iddeah who he was, she without any hesitation told me he was a friend of hers, and a class of people common in Otaheite called Mahoo. “On my visit this Morning to Tynah and his Wife, I found with her a person, who altho I was certain was a Man, had great marks of effeminacy about him and created in me certain notions which I wished to find out if there were any foundations for. Posted by Phil Hine in Gender, History, Occult, Pagan, Queer | October 7th 2011 | About poster: Shamanism and gender variance: the eighteenth century – “torrid zones” ![]()
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