The _bote_ has been carefully studied by Dr. A.B. Holder.[33]
Holder finds that the _bote_ wears woman's dress, and that his speech and
manners are feminine. The dress and manners are assumed in childhood, but
no sexual practices take place until puberty. These consist in the
practice of _fellatio_ by the _bote_, who probably himself experiences the
orgasm at the same time. The _bote_ is not a pederast, although pederasty
occurs among these Indians. Holder examined _bote_ who was splendidly
made, prepossessing, and in perfect health. With much reluctance he agreed
to a careful examination. The sexual organs were quite normal, though
perhaps not quite so large as his _physique_ would suggest, but he had
never had intercourse with a woman. On removing his clothes he pressed his
thighs together, as a timid woman would, so as to conceal completely the
sexual organs; Holder says that the thighs "really, or to my fancy," had
the feminine rotundity. He has heard a _bote_ "_beg_ a male Indian to
submit to his caress," and he tells that "one little fellow, while in the
agency boarding-school, was found frequently surreptitiously wearing
female attire.
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