viraginity
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Von Krafft-Ebing and many other writers have assumed that the characteristics of effemination and of viraginity are displayed in early childhood.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
Contrariwise, the girl who is destined in later life to display the characteristics of viraginity will be found frequenting the playground of the boys.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
The congenital nature of homosexuality has been assumed more particularly in those cases which are described respectively as effemination and viraginity.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
In this article I have described only mild types of viraginity and effemination.
From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by Weir, James
The corresponding condition in women was by von Krafft-Ebing termed viraginity.
From The Sexual Life of the Child by Paul, Eden
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