Sex, Identity and Hermaphrodites in Iberia, 1500-1800

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"Early modern European thought held that men and women were essentially the same, with social forces creating their differences. Such a view made the existence of hermaphrodites easy to accept. During the seventeenth century, medical and legal arguments began to turn against this "one-sex" model, with hermaphroditism seen as a medieval superstition. This book traces this change in Iberia in comparison to the earlier shift in thought in northern Europe, and with concurrent ideas in Latin America."--Publishers website

subjects: Intersex people,  Gender identity,  Intersexuality,  History,  Europe, history,  Disorders of Sex Development,  History, 16th Century,  History, 17th Century,  History, 18th Century