From 2a5b10ed1f8e511fb290d68757f5fa4f893ac346 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "M. Taylor Saotome-Westlake" Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 18:03:02 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] "Nothing New Under the Sun" --- content/2017/nothing-new-under-the-sun.md | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) create mode 100644 content/2017/nothing-new-under-the-sun.md diff --git a/content/2017/nothing-new-under-the-sun.md b/content/2017/nothing-new-under-the-sun.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c192fe1 --- /dev/null +++ b/content/2017/nothing-new-under-the-sun.md @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@ +Title: Nothing New Under the Sun +Date: 2017-03-24 18:00 +Category: other +Tags: history, two-type taxonomy + +Of course, "Blanchard's" typology is an instance of [Stigler's law of eponymy](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigler%27s_law_of_eponymy). + +No, I'm not talking about earlier Western sexologists like Robert Stoller or Magnus Hirchfield. + +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): + +> 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. -- 2.17.1