I thought I'd share a conversation I had the other day with two female friends. Firstly to put things into a little context, I'm active in the local kink/fetish scene where I live and have a lot of great friends from all walks of life who are quite open minded and inclusive of different people and their kinks, quirks and positive life attitudes.
We were discussing a local LGBT event one of them was organizing for the end of the month and various topics were going back and forth between us. One of which was post op-trans people, this lead us on to the topic of castration. Now, I should point out I haven't told my two friends that I have an interest in the topic, as personally I find it can sometimes be a "bit much" for people to get their head around, or so I thought.
As we talked about castration in general, I was amazed how open the girls were on the subject, to them it was just another fetish or kink that a guy might be into. "Live and let live" was the phrase used. I mentioned some points and things I had read here to sort of guage their reactions, and each time I was met with positive feedback. Granted both girls have been in the scene for a few years and are naturally open to new things, but still I personally think this is a sign of maybe (a small proportion at least) of society being more accepting of guys who are castrated.
One of the girls, Lisa is in a poly relationship with her boyfriend and both are quite happy with the arrangement. I asked if she would ever consider dating a guy who was castrated and she replied yes, as she "didn't believe a healthy relationship had to be based purely on sex". I was quite happy to hear my other friend agree with her. As far as they were concerned as long as the guy was happy and by extension the person he's with is happy, be it one of them, then being castrated was not an issue for them.
Going a step further I asked how they would react if their partner said he was thinking about being castrated.
Aside from an odd look or two and a few laughs about what the "boys would be missing out on" each agreed that if their partner had really thought about it, talked it through with them and really REALLY wanted it, they would support them all the way. Both were quite clear on the latter part and stressed that they would want their partners to talk with a professional on the topic before they decided. I couldn't help feeling if this is how two level-headed women though about castration, then there is actual hope that maybe one day castration will be seen as any other lifestyle choice. We may be a ways off it to be sure, but with the positive changes LGBT rights, marriage equality, and gender recognition have brought about, then sometime soon there might be a "C" at the end of the LGBT.
Oh, and at the end both turned to me and asked jokingly, so when are we castrating you? Haha
