"Nothing New Under the Sun"

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+Title: Nothing New Under the Sun
+Date: 2017-03-24 18:00
+Category: other
+Tags: history, two-type taxonomy
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+Of course, "Blanchard's" typology is an instance of [Stigler's law of eponymy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy).
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+No, I'm not talking about earlier Western sexologists like Robert Stoller or Magnus Hirchfield.
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+I'm talking about Abu Zakaria Yahya Ibn Sharaf al-Nawawī [writing in _the 13th century CE_](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mukhannathun&oldid=765195263#Scholarly_analysis):
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+> A _mukhannath_ is the one ("male") who carries in his movements, in his appearance and in his language the characteristics of a woman. There are two types; the first is the one in whom these characteristics are innate, he did not put them on by himself, and therein is no guilt, no blame and no shame, as long as he does not perform any (illicit) act or exploit it for money (prostitution _etc_.). The second type acts like a woman out of immoral purposes and he is the sinner and blameworthy.