Minimum Age for Castration?

[Twinsenboy (imported)]

Hmmmm are you suggesting that those of us who have been castrated after puberty are not "eunuch"?

That's what I was wondering about. So everybody castrated is a eunuch.. okay. Does the term apply to females too, women without ovaries?

[kristoff]

That's what I was wondering about. So everybody castrated is a eunuch.. okay. Does the term apply to females too, women without ovaries?

The answer to both is yes, a castrated male of any age is an eunuch. A female minus ovaries can also be referred to as castrated, but most often is not, since most people seem to associate the term with males.

[tugon (imported)]

I'll be surprised if the medical community changes and starts allowing voluntary castrations of adults in my lifetime, no way can I see them allowing it for minors.

As I stated I would not have wanted castration until I was 16 or 18. I do think the body should have it's growth cycle. Now I never thought gay marriage would happen in my lifetime but the times are a changing. We have had doctors willing to do castrations on adult males at their request. No it is not widespread but it is happening.

[Twinsenboy (imported)]

The answer to both is yes, a castrated male of any age is an eunuch. A female minus ovaries can also be referred to as castrated, but most often is not, since most people seem to associate the term with males.

Thanks! Hehe, but there's gotta be a definitive medical term.. Otherwise maybe we truly are just guessing here=p

[mccrayle (imported)]

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this many years later I am looking like a eunuch.

Euh, may I ask what you mean with that - 'looking like a eunuch'?

[Wolf-Pup (imported)]

As I stated I would not have wanted castration until I was 16 or 18. I do think the body should have it's growth cycle. Now I never thought gay marriage would happen in my lifetime but the times are a changing. We have had doctors willing to do castrations on adult males at their request. No it is not widespread but it is happening.

I'm thinking it may go the route of SRS where there is a lot of counseling and a 'real life test' on chemical castration for at least a year. I don't think it will be where you can just wake up one day and go to the Dr and say I'd like those off please.

The few doctors who have/are doing it now on demand are a few individuals, not the general medical community at large.

[george2u2 (imported)]

Colorado's 6 year old Coy Mathis is making news.

The school board doesn't know what to do.

Headlines are that the individuals involved are having trouble with the rest of the busy bodies.

[Dave (imported)]

Colorado's 6 year old Coy Mathis is making news.

The school board doesn't know what to do.

Headlines are that the individuals involved are having trouble with the rest of the busy bodies.

Where I used to work had one transgender person go into transition (male to female) and it wasn't obvious what kind of chaos might ensue.

Several things were in her favor (as she is a female now, I refer to her as "her"):

a) the head of the entire place supported the transition. Not just her boss but her boss' boss' boss (three management levels above)

b) we had a spare washroom that was not used very often and could be designated as "other" than "male" or "female" for the year. That's important to the transgendered transition but doesn't interfere with the ubiquitous (that's a funny word in these circumstances) males and females that used the other washrooms.

c) when presenting as a female, you refer to the transgendered person as female or she. Same when they present as a male - you use "him"... That solves the most and usually first question.

In the transition year there will be days when the transition is not successful and cringingly so. The uninvolved just need to cope and not offer unsolicited opinions.

d) When asked by kids or by strangers "What's that?" I found that the simple declarative sentence "she's undergoing the transition from male to female" to be the best answer.

When asked "why" I didn't know and said the wonderful three words "I don't know." If pressed on that a second time I would typically answer in polite terms "It's not my business to ask." That usually shut off the questions.

e) The other kids in school simply have to be told the truth -- "that boy wants to be a girl."

I suspect that the school is trying to learn that. It isn't as easy as it seems but then, if a coworker was going through bereavement or cancer treatment in the family or a serious surgery, there would be understanding.

The ont thing I know about transgendered persons are that to the outsider they are terribly confusing and chaotic. Patience is required to deal with that -- and patience is something that costs nothing.

[Peter47-NL (imported)]

When I was 11 years old I had a fantasy about being castrated and as Atreyu69 says I never thought about asking to have my balls cut off. But I still wonder and fantasize how my life would have been when I was castrated at the age of 11.

[Marian-Zero (imported)]

When I was 11 years old I had a fantasy about being castrated and as Atreyu69 says I never thought about asking to have my balls cut off. But I still wonder and fantasize how my life would have been when I was castrated at the age of 11.

With 11 I have seen myself "smooth" and tryed to realize this with superglue.