New Survey

[tugon (imported)]

I completed the survey. I wish I had Mr. Peabody's Wayback machine for some of the questions. I think I answered them as well as I could remember. I hope everyone takes the time to fill it out.

[randy (imported)]

i filled it out and i encourage everyone else to take the time to do so also. i hope my submission went thru, i was one of the first to fill it out.

[MacTheWolf (imported)]

I completed it and I enjoyed it.

Where it says to identify yourself (optional), I wasn't sure if I spelled "IEunuch" correctly

[JesusA (imported)]

Where it says to identify yourself (optional), I wasn't sure if I spelled "IEunuch" correctly

Just a quick reassurance, in case someone doesn't understand Mac's joke:

The university required clear proof that there was absolutely no way to trace any individual from his responses to the survey. It was designed that way from the beginning, but the number of hoops they made us jump through to provide proof was pretty daunting. It took a couple of months of work to manage it to their satisfaction.

On the other hand, in the first survey several people wrote their email addresses in the final question asking if there was anything else they wanted to add, suggesting that they be contacted directly.

[twaddler (imported)]

The abuse portion of the survey bothered me. D:

[incuse (imported)]

The abuse portion of the survey bothered me. D:

I wouldn't be surprised if it bothered a lot of the members here. It did me. But think of the bigger picture. The information we provide to the university the better things will be in the end for all eunuchs and our unique community. Try to endure it.

[Paolo]

The point of the survey, at least ONE point of it, is to relate the desire for voluntary castration/emasculation to the amount and type of abuse received in childhood.

It's not pretty, but it's a known factor.

It bothered me too.

A lot of the things we endured as children stay with us into adulthood. For example, I am still deathly terrified of dentists, as Jesus can attest. I recently had a split molar repaired, and during the initial injection of anesthetic into my jaw, I seized up and stopped breathing. All of this from my next-to-last encounter with a dentist when I was 12, and the last being when I was 18. Both of them were extremely traumatic and would have resulted in a huge lawsuit today.

I know that's not a very good example, but I'm sure you get the point.

Perhaps a better one is the fact that I panic whenever a man introduces himself as "Mickey", one of my early childhood abuser's names.

[emasculateme (imported)]

ok....took the survey...hope it's helpful

[gandalf (imported)]

I enjoyed the survey and was glad to help. A couple of questins could have had a box for DNA (Does not apply) s I had to leave them blank.

Hope the info helps. Will we get to see any results from the survey?

Bob

[JesusA (imported)]

I want to thank all of you who are taking the time to complete the survey. As of a couple of minutes ago, 220 people had opened the first page and 96 had completed the survey. We plan to leave it up for a month or more and to encourage as many people as possible to complete it. The first round survey had 996 people complete it.

It takes a while to analyze the results, but interim items will be posted as we go along. The papers that eventually get written based on it will be available to anyone who requests them.

The four papers published based on the first survey are available in PDF format to anyone who sends me a <Private Message> (just click on my name on this post, if you are logged in to the Archive) and gives me an off-Archive email address that will accept PDF attachments. The Archive mail system does not allow them.

For non-members who want copies, send a message to me at:

JAzevado-at-gmail-dot-com

and I will get them off to you.