rossb_oxford, 10 months ago

🎂 A delightful birthday treat today, visiting Down House - former home of Charles Darwin - for the first time. This was long overdue!

Amid all the staid Victoriana, I couldn't help but think of Darwin writing about gynandromorphs, 'latent sex,' 'vice,' and 'extreme sensuality' here . . .

Read about 'Darwin's Closet': https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/191/2/323/6075648

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