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chamberpot and had seen that Hendrickje 'pissed through a shaft half as long
and as wide as my small finger'. This shaft came out of her woman's parts and
disappeared again as soon as she had done, so that it could be seen no more'.
chamberpot and had seen that Hendrickje 'pissed through a shaft half as long
and as wide as my small finger'. This shaft came out of her woman's parts and
disappeared again as soon as she had done, so that it could be seen no more'.
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THE WOMEN WHO AS 'MEN' COURTED AND MARRIED WOMEN Of course
none of our cross-dressers formulated these ideas, but numerous details and
statements point to this interpretation. Hendrickje Lamberts and Trijntje Barents
began ...
THE WOMEN WHO AS 'MEN' COURTED AND MARRIED WOMEN Of course
none of our cross-dressers formulated these ideas, but numerous details and
statements point to this interpretation. Hendrickje Lamberts and Trijntje Barents
began ...
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And, more so in the seventeenth than in the eighteenth century, this hostility
could survive the first confrontation. The life of Hendrickje Lamberts, whom the
neighbourhood knew had served as a soldier in the past, was so embittered by it,
...
And, more so in the seventeenth than in the eighteenth century, this hostility
could survive the first confrontation. The life of Hendrickje Lamberts, whom the
neighbourhood knew had served as a soldier in the past, was so embittered by it,
...
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| Title | The tradition of female transvestism in early modern Europe |
| Authors | Rudolf Dekker, Lotte van de Pol |
| Translated by | Lotte van de Pol |
| Edition | 2, illustrated |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1989 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 23 May 2008 |
| ISBN | 0333412524, 9780333412527 |
| Length | 128 pages |
| Subjects | › Design / Fashion Social Science / Gender Studies Social Science / Women's Studies |
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