Important New Survey

[JesusA (imported)]

It is important that there be more academic research and publication about voluntary eunuchs if there is ever to be sufficient counseling and medical help. Kevin Hsu is a young graduate student who shows great promise in his interest in understanding voluntary eunuchs. I hope that all of the members here will give serious consideration to completing his survey. The results should be of value to all who are here.

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My name is Kevin Hsu, a PhD student in the Department of Psychology at Northwestern University. For part of my dissertation research, I would like to invite men who identify as eunuchs or eunuch wannabes to participate in a survey about their sexuality, gender, identity, and personality. Specifically, I am interested in the relations between eunuchs' and eunuch wannabes' sexual interests/fantasies and their identities/personalities. Because this survey will look at lesser studied aspects of sexuality among eunuchs and eunuch wannabes, the content may be uncomfortable for some people and should not be taken by anyone under 18.

Please be aware that there will be many questions about unusual kinds of sexual interests. If these kinds of questions will make you uncomfortable or otherwise unable to answer openly, then I would not suggest that you take this survey. That being said, the survey is being hosted anonymously and does not collect IP or any other kind of identifying information. It will take about 30-45 minutes, and you do not have to answer every question in order to participate. You can also withdraw at any time without consequence. After taking the survey yourself, I would appreciate if you asked other men you know who identify as eunuchs or eunuch wannabes to also take it.

I was fortunate to have received important feedback, suggestions, and support for this survey from Michael Bailey, PhD (my research mentor), Richard Wassersug, PhD, and Thomas Johnson, PhD. Drs. Wassersug and Johnson have studied eunuchs and eunuch wannabes on the Eunuch Archive for many years and have published several articles about castration and eunuchs. I am extremely grateful to have had their input - many thanks to both of them for all their help.

This research has been approved by the Institutional Review Board (IRB) of Northwestern University. If you are interested in participating in this research, you may click the following link to read more details and to proceed:

https://weinberg.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/ ... POagngrC73 (https://weinberg.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/ ... POagngrC73)

If you have any questions, please contact sexualitylab@northwestern.edu (sexualitylab@northwestern.edu).

Principal Investigator: J. Michael Bailey, PhD, Northwestern University Department of Psychology

IRB#STU00205746

[tugon (imported)]

I will participate in this survey. Anything that can help the medical community understand our needs will be beneficial. I certainly want better and safer services for future eunuchs. Of my past doctors who knew of my eunuch status only one was curious. I shared with him the survey results and when he returned to teaching I was hoping the surveys might be mentioned and open some minds.

[daifu-orchid (imported)]

Good luck with the survey. Let's hope that much enlightenment results.

I did the survey and was myself enlightened. Usually I hate questionnaires, but this seemed a worthy cause.

Much of the subject matter was not the sort of thing I spend much time talking about. Perhaps I should, as I felt more at peace after contemplating the answers. So much so, that I think that I might have answered the quiz differently if I were to do it again. (I won't as I suspect that this would make tabulating the results a nonsense.)

My PCP knows absolutely nothing about these things, and while he tolerates me as a harmless oddity, Tugon is right; the PCP needs to know more about the folk who actually enjoy being eunuchs, to everyone's benefit.

[CircItaly (imported)]

I really feel understand by the guy who wrote this question

[Freddyjack (imported)]

I took the survey and found the questions didn't lead towards any of my feelings, it seamed to come back to fetish without taking into consideration that some of us are not transwomen or dont want some sexual gratification from being castrated, I mean it can only happen once and its the result that's desired, by me, not the action, hell I'm good with a general and would be happy going to sleep and waking up with it done, put me in bed and i'll be happy to sleep the rest of the day,night and the next day.

[shydudexx (imported)]

I consider this a really icky questionnaire, especially the part where they asked about attraction to infants, and you had to move the slider to something other than zero to proceed. I cancelled my participation.

[Oyktiro1 (imported)]

I find that this questionnaire assumes everyone is sexual. I found that I couldn't answer most questions because I had no sexual attraction or fantasy.

[Ernie of Maine (imported)]

I took the survey and found the questions didn't lead towards any of my feelings, it seamed to come back to fetish without taking into consideration that some of us are not transwomen or dont want some sexual gratification from being castrated, I mean it can only happen once and its the result that's desired, by me, not the action, hell I'm good with a general and would be happy going to sleep and waking up with it done, put me in bed and i'll be happy to sleep the rest of the day,night and the next day.

:-\ I agree I don't feel right with this survey. Please do anther Survey

[Zebedeee (imported)]

I’m very sorry but the title puts me off, “Sexuality and Identity in Adult Baby/Diaper Lovers and Eunuchs.” What on earth have adult baby/diaper lovers and eunuchs got to do with each other?

Human sexuality is a diverse, complex and fascinating subject, surely the author could make the effort to create separate surveys for entirely different groups of people. Or perhaps just include eunuchs in a more general survey.

What’s the next one going to be? “Sexuality and Identity in Foot Fetishists and Lesbians.” Wouldn’t that cause great offence?

[CircItaly (imported)]

You still can put 0, you have just move the slide up and down