Such boys, due to constant impersonation of women and their habits, adopt ąuite a good amount of effeminate characteristics in their man-nerism and habits ... [OJnce a boy has shown tendencies of girlish habits, effeminacy, and is initiated to homo-sexuality, under suitable circumstances and the ‘right’ kind of environment, the process of Sexual Inversion begins and there are chances of his ending up as a
Hijra. (1967: 175)