Eunuch study

[Cocoaotter (imported)]

I may have missed this since I haven't been on the boards lately, but while looking around for a psychologist to talk to regarding castration, I stumbled across this article.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17961144

Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

INTRODUCTION: A number of men have extreme castration ideations. Many only fantasize about castration; others actualize their fantasies. AIMS: We wish to identify factors that distinguish those who merely fantasize about being castrated from those who are at the greatest risk of genital mutilation. METHODS: Seven hundred thirty-one individuals, who were not castrated, responded to a survey posted on http://www.eunuch.org. We compared the responses of these "wannabes" to those of 92 men who were voluntarily castrated and responded to a companion survey. Main Outcome Measures. Respondents answered the questionnaire items relating to demographics, origin of interest in castration, and ambition toward eunuchdom. RESULTS: Two categories of wannabes emerged. A large proportion ( approximately 40%) of wannabes' interest in castration was singularly of a fetishistic nature, and these men appeared to be at a relatively low risk of irreversible genital mutilation. Approximately 20% of the men, however, appeared to be at great risk of genital mutilation. They showed a greater desire to reduce libido, change their genital appearance, transition out of male, and prevent sexually offensive behavior. Nineteen percent of all wannabes have attempted self-castration, yet only 10% have sought medical assistance. CONCLUSIONS: We identify several motivating factors for extreme castration ideations and provide a classification for reasons why some males desire orchiectomies. Castration ideations fall under several categories of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Ed. (DSM-IV), most notably a Gender Identity Disorder other than male-to-female (MtF) transsexual (i.e., male-to-eunuch) and a Body Identity Integrity Disorder. Physicians need to be aware of males who have strong desires for emasculation without a traditional MtF transsexual identity.

[kizahakan (imported)]

I may have missed this since I haven't been on the boards lately, but while looking around for a psychologist to talk to regarding castration, I stumbled across this article.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17961144

Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

INTRODUCTION: A number of men have extreme castration ideations. Many only fantasize about castration; others actualize their fantasies. AIMS: We wish to identify factors that distinguish those who merely fantasize about being castrated from those who are at the greatest risk of genital mutilation. METHODS: Seven hundred thirty-one individuals, who were not castrated, responded to a survey posted on http://www.eunuch.org. We compared the responses of these "wannabes" to those of 92 men who were voluntarily castrated and responded to a companion survey. Main Outcome Measures. Respondents answered the questionnaire items relating to demographics, origin of interest in castration, and ambition toward eunuchdom. RESULTS: Two categories of wannabes emerged. A large proportion ( approximately 40%) of wannabes' interest in castration was singularly of a fetishistic nature, and these men appeared to be at a relatively low risk of irreversible genital mutilation. Approximately 20% of the men, however, appeared to be at great risk of genital mutilation. They showed a greater desire to reduce libido, change their genital appearance, transition out of male, and prevent sexually offensive behavior. Nineteen percent of all wannabes have attempted self-castration, yet only 10% have sought medical assistance. CONCLUSIONS: We identify several motivating factors for extreme castration ideations and provide a classification for reasons why some males desire orchiectomies. Castration ideations fall under several categories of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Ed. (DSM-IV), most notably a Gender Identity Disorder other than male-to-female (MtF) transsexual (i.e., male-to-eunuch) and a Body Identity Integrity Disorder. Physicians need to be aware of males who have strong desires for emasculation without a traditional MtF transsexual identity.

Well thnx for the pubmed study, was good to know but for me that should only stay as a fantasy...

[kristoff]

I may have missed this since I haven't been on the boards lately, but while looking around for a psychologist to talk to regarding castration, I stumbled across this article.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17961144

Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

INTRODUCTION: A number of men have extreme castration ideations. Many only fantasize about castration; others actualize their fantasies. AIMS: We wish to identify factors that distinguish those who merely fantasize about being castrated from those who are at the greatest risk of genital mutilation. METHODS: Seven hundred thirty-one individuals, who were not castrated, responded to a survey posted on http://www.eunuch.org. We compared the responses of these "wannabes" to those of 92 men who were voluntarily castrated and responded to a companion survey. Main Outcome Measures. Respondents answered the questionnaire items relating to demographics, origin of interest in castration, and ambition toward eunuchdom. RESULTS: Two categories of wannabes emerged. A large proportion ( approximately 40%) of wannabes' interest in castration was singularly of a fetishistic nature, and these men appeared to be at a relatively low risk of irreversible genital mutilation. Approximately 20% of the men, however, appeared to be at great risk of genital mutilation. They showed a greater desire to reduce libido, change their genital appearance, transition out of male, and prevent sexually offensive behavior. Nineteen percent of all wannabes have attempted self-castration, yet only 10% have sought medical assistance. CONCLUSIONS: We identify several motivating factors for extreme castration ideations and provide a classification for reasons why some males desire orchiectomies. Castration ideations fall under several categories of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 4th Ed. (DSM-IV), most notably a Gender Identity Disorder other than male-to-female (MtF) transsexual (i.e., male-to-eunuch) and a Body Identity Integrity Disorder. Physicians need to be aware of males who have strong desires for emasculation without a traditional MtF transsexual identity.

This is one of the papers resulting from the EA study. Send a PM to Jesus (A not H) and he will be likely to email you a PDF of the papers. He has long made the offer to share these papers this way.

[kennath7 (imported)]

kristoff

have the resaults from the most reasent study come out yet

[JesusA (imported)]

It will be some time before the first results of the latest survey are published. There is a MASSIVE amount of data to analyze with over 3,000 respondents to 501 separate questions. No one saw all of the questions, as each answer led to the most appropriate next question. For example, chemical eunuchs were not asked about their surgery, while surgical eunuchs were (in detail).

The first public presentation of any of it will be at a couple of academic conferences in June. Feedback from those will help in writing the first publishable papers. The papers will then be available (in PDF format) to all Archive members.

The four papers based on the first survey are available to anyone who sends me a <Private Message> with an email address to which I can send attachments.

Academic publication seems to take forever!

[kennath7 (imported)]

thanks for ith info