Female Sexuality in the Early Medieval Islamic World

In a fascinating passage in his epistle to Abū ʿAlī b. al-Ḥārith on differences in character, the polymath Qusṭā b. Lūqā (d. 300/912) observes that there are three kinds of sexual preference among people (al-nās): “those who incline to women, those who opt for boys (al-ghilmān) exclusively, and tho...

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Main Author: Omar Anchassi
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: International Institute of Islamic Thought 2020
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/31de0278edad4d269dfb76cbb9a9b6a7
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