whoremistress

To fully embrace the feminine condition, Bloom has to fall at the mercy of the whoremistress Bella Cohen, the supreme personification of the virago, the manly woman, whose appearance is the culmination of the procession of strong-willed, assertive women in male attire, which Bloom's submissive, feminine side finds so appealing (what we would call today having a "thing" about women in uniform).

The entrance of Bella Cohen, "the massive whoremistress" (528), triggers Bloom's masochism, his desire to be dominated, and leads to the (brief) reversal of gender roles and accompanying transvestism.