New article on EA fiction

[JesusA (imported)]

A new article analyzing the fiction on the Eunuch Archive has just been published in the August issue of the Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality. Anyone wanting a PDF copy of the article should send me a <Private Message> with an email address that will accept attachments.

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The sexual side of castration narratives: Fiction written by and for eunuchs and eunuch ‘‘wannabes’’

Ariel B. Handy, Richard J. Wassersug, James T. J. Ketter, and Thomas W. Johnson

The Canadian Journal of Human Sexuality 24(2), 2015, pp. 151–159; doi:10.3138/cjhs.242-A4

ABSTRACT: The Eunuch Archive is an online community of individuals with exceptional interest in castration and penectomy. Here we examine themes related to genital ablation in a sample of fictional stories posted by members of the Eunuch Archive. Similarities between the contents of these stories and members’ demographic information were found, suggesting that these stories may reflect some of the members’ life experiences or personal fears. Common themes in both stories and personal histories of voluntarily castrated men were homosexuality, childhood abuse, and threats of castration. We found that 83% of stories were explicitly sexual, which was defined as containing physical or mental sexual arousal; sexual acts such as masturbation, oral sex, or penetrative sex; or attainment of orgasm. Fifty-one percent of stories described forced castrations, 34% involved minors, and 24% described orgasms related to genital ablation. Writing these stories may be therapeutic for the authors, as some members have claimed that writing them has allowed them to work through their extreme castration ideations without acting on them. Clinicians should be aware that there are men who express profound interest in genital ablation and their interests and/or concerns should be taken seriously.

[Paolo]

Good article.

Thanks!

[kristoff]

Read the article. A good, fair treatment of the subject. Thanks.

[Arcane_NH (imported)]

Interesting. Crunching the numbers presented the type of story I enjoy most [G] and willing represent only 5% of the archive. This makes it more important to rate and thank the authors of well written stories that are in my wheelhouse.

[Paolo]

It's non-fiction about the fiction, as to how the fiction relates to reality.

Where else can you get such an article?

[Uncle Flo (imported)]

I enjoyed the article. It caused me to think about the subject. --FLO--

[Paolo]

Wondered what the grinding noise was...

[A-1 (imported)]

Kind of makes you wonder about ALL kinds of fiction and fiction authors, doesn't it?