"Hic Mulier" (
Latin: This [manlike] Woman -
hic being the masculine form of the demonstrative pronoun jokingly applied to the feminine noun) is the name of a
pamphlet published in
1620 in
England that condemned
transvestitism. Women wearing men's
apparel was becoming increasingly common in that period, causing concern to the pamphleteer and other
social conservatives. The pamphlet argued that
transvestitism was an affront to
nature,
The Bible, the
Great chain of being, and
society.
See also
External links
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the full text of Haec Vir
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the full text of Hic Mulier