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Movies The Hermaphrodite Who Shocked France

The Hermaphrodite Who Shocked France - Herculine Barbin


One day in 1860, 21-year-old Herculine Barbin went to the doctor to address a consistent and nagging pain in her lower groin. The appointment would change her life irreversibly, but scarcely for the better.

Though Barbin had gone to the physician for relief, she left with an a shocking diagnosis: she had been a man all along! In truth, she was both sexes at once.

But the finer points of hermaphroditism were not much known in provincial France in mid 19th century.

To Treat and rehabilitate Herculine  — who had spent the first two decades of her life as a female (and who by all accounts still identified as such) — was not a priority for the professionals of the day.




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