Castration
Monday, September 11, 2006
Every once in a while the question of what castration really entails pops up and I find that most of the time, the people involved in the discussion rarely agrees on the details. More specifically, do they cut off the balls? Or the penis? Or both? At long last I've done my research on the topic and I now present my findings to, the distinguished and privileged reader. You.
Basically castration is any of the above 3 options qualifies you as an individual who is castrated. Now, I used to think that castration only involved slicing off the balls. Counter argument was given that the Chinese Eunuchs were castrated so they couldn't engage in sexual intercourse with ladies of the court. I said that no balls = no hormones = no horniness = no sex. But someone else said they still could do it and an erection was still possible on the Eunuch's part because really, the occurrence of erections are independent. Suffice to say, no one was a subject matter expert and the argument was inconclusive. I now declare that I was wrong. The Chinese Eunuchs did indeed have to cut off BOTH their balls and their penis and they urinated through a stick. Their sexual organs were then kept preserved in a jar and served as proof of their status. Kind of like a ancient Chinese Degree or Dipolmat certificate.
Other interesting uses of castration, they actually used to cut of the balls of little boys with nice voices to keep their voice from breaking. This was in Italy a long time ago, they evidently have a love for Sopranos. Castration is best done young apparently as older males tend to die from the procedure. Cutting of the balls before puberty also help prevent the penis from growing into an unsightly adult size.
Sprouting Nonsense Since 1984 {11:24 pm}
