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[166] There is, however, a very pronounced tendency among sexually
inverted women to adopt male attire when practicable. In such cases male
garments are not usually regarded as desirable chiefly on account of
practical convenience, nor even in order to make an impression on other
women, but because the wearer feels more at home in them. Thus, Moll
mentions the case of a young governess of 16 who, while still unconscious
of her sexual perversion, used to find pleasure, when everyone was out of
the house, in putting on the clothes of a youth belonging to the family.
Cases have been recorded of inverted women who spent the greater
part of their lives in men's clothing and been generally regarded
as men. I may cite the case of Lucy Ann Slater, _alias_ the Rev.
Joseph Lobdell, recorded by Wise (_Alienist and Neurologist_,
1883). She was masculine in character, features, and attire. In
early life she married and had a child, but had no affection for
her husband, who eventually left her. As usual in such cases, her
masculine habits appeared in early childhood.


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