Tractus de Hermaphrodites; Or, A Treatise of HermaphroditesJacob, Giles
Philosophy
Tractus de Hermaphrodites; Or, A Treatise of Hermaphrodites
Jacob, Giles
Sex -- Early works to 1800
For the Discovery of the Male and Female Hermaphrodite, these
Observations will be serviceable: A Person that is bold and sprightly,
having a strong Voice, much Hair on the Body, particularly on the Chin
and privy Parts, with the rest of such Signs as discover Manhood, are
certain Demonstrations that the Hermaphrodite has the privy Parts of a
Man in a more predominant manner than those of the other Sex; and
contrarywise, if an Hermaphrodite has good Breasts, Skin smooth and
soft; if the Terms appear at their due Intervals; if there be a
sparkling and agreeableness in the Eyes; and if other Signs are
observ'd, that commonly distinguish a Woman from a Man, these are
Arguments that the Hermaphrodite has the Privities of the Female Sex of
a good Conformation; and if the _Vagina_ is not too defective, such an
Hermaphrodite ought to pass for a Woman.
I doubt not but there are many Persons in the World of both Species,
particularly of the Female Sex, who would willingly assume to
themselves the Parts belonging to Hermaphrodites, if they could have a
vigorous Use of the Members of both Sexes, upon any lustful Inclination;
a lascivious Female would be transported at the Thoughts of acting the
Part of a Man in the amorous Adventure, and a lecherous Male would
propose equal Pleasure in receiving the Embraces he use to bestow; but
tho' most Persons agree that Women have the greatest Sense of Enjoyment
in the Act of Copulation, (as without all question they must, by the
Situation and Disposition of the Parts) yet they would be more forward
in satisfying this brutal Curiosity than those of the opposite Sex. Men
are more easy to be limited in the Pleasures of _Venus_ than Women; as
they are endu'd with more Reason, so they are generally easily satisfied
in those Enjoyments, which were chiefly design'd for the propagating of
their Species.
If two Persons, being Hermaphrodites, should Marry with an expectation
of pleasing each other, as Male and Female by turns, they'll meet with a
Disappointment, for the Reasons already mention'd, _viz_. That one of
the Members of Hermaphrodites is most commonly useless, and if a Man
should by chance be married to a Person of his own Sex, before the Parts
are come down, (which, as I have observ'd before, sometimes happens,
where Persons are wedded in an Age of Infancy) a great Disappointment
will ensue to the Husband, when his Partner shall take the Constitution
of a Man, and be ready to engage with him, instead of his encountering
with her; and in respect of a masculine Woman's being taken by the
Length of her _Clitoris_ for a Man, _Daniel de Bantin_ only sported with
his Wife, but was got with Child himself by one of his Companions. The
_Clitoris_ not being perforated, the Hermaphrodite can furnish no Matter
for Generation.
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