“He was so used to men's usage and had so rejected women's ways that little was lacking for him to be a man. Whatever one could see was certainly male! But there's more to this than meets the eye - the he's a she beneath the clothes.” MasculinityFemininityTransgenderGender RolesGender IdentityTransmasc Book:Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance Source: Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance
“I was trying to make life easy for myself, but I have a mouth too hard for kisses, and arms too rough for embraces. One could easily make a fool of me in any game played under the covers, for I'm a young man, not a girl.” SexualityGender RolesGender IdentityMedieval RomanceTransgender IssuesTrans ManTrans MaleMedieval French Literature Book:Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance Source: Silence: A Thirteenth-Century French Romance