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- Thu Jul 29, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Eunuch Central
- Topic: Aspergers and the desire for an asexual state
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Re: Aspergers and the desire for an asexual state
By what sources information I can find, he was treated with estrogen - I do not think that this treatment strongly affects libido.
Valid point, although I suppose it depends on whether we equate 'anti-androgen' with 'pro-oestrogen' drugs.
It appears that Turing was given anti-androgen drugs ...
- Wed Jul 28, 2010 10:11 pm
- Forum: Eunuch Central
- Topic: Aspergers and the desire for an asexual state
- Replies: 30
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Re: Aspergers and the desire for an asexual state
Alan Turing, the British homosexual who broke the Enigma code and invented the computer, is widely considered to have suffered from Aspergers. Aged 39, he was chemically castrated (1952) after being convicted of gross indecency. His biographer, Andrew Hodges, suggests that this was not something ...