Kangan (imported) wrote: Sat Sep 27, 2008 1:49 pm
If it is a fantasy - keep it a fantasy. The reality is a whole lot different.
Fantasy VS Need VS Desire
as it might possibly (or not) apply to SUB , DOM, and CASTRATION.
In psychology a FANTASY can be "an imagined or conjured up sequence fulfilling a psychological need; " (source on all quotes: dictionary.com)
A NEED can be "a lack of something wanted" or "necessity arising from the circumstances of a situation or case".
A DESIRE can be "sexual desire", "longing or craving", also " Desire is a strong feeling, worthy or unworthy, that impels to the attainment or possession of something that is (in reality or imagination) within reach''.
My observation is that "necessity" is not part of a fantasy or a desire, but it can possibly be part of a "want".
A castration fantasy may be a fantasy that is fulfilling a psychological need, but this does not imply that actually being castrated will fulfill a psychological or medical necessity.
Just because we think we WANT or NEED or DESIRE something does not mean being without it will somehow be a serious detriment to our existence.
NOT having that which you want, need, or desire
VS
HAVING that which you DON"T want, need, or desire.
IS HAVING testicles that you don't want, need, or desire ibad ?.
If having them is not going to be a threat to your continued existence why remove them?. Why not do something else?
As is so much in life,
Just because we can do something
Just because we want to do something
Just because we think we need to do something
Doesn't necessarily mean we should do it.
It depends.
Should we do someothing if it merely doesn't harm others or ourselves, or
Should we do it only when it is truly beneficial to others or ourselves?
In the case of castration, you can't really know what life will be like once the deed is done and there is no going back.
If doing it does not erase your fantasies, your frustrations, fulfill your needs and wants, or if afterwards you have new problems or issues then castration was the wrong course of action .
Reminds me of the fish that escaped from the dentist office in the Disney animated feature "Nemo". They were put into plastic bags while the fish tank was being cleaned.
And they managed to get the bags to roll out of the window, across the street, and into the ocean (they were sea fish). So while they got what they wanted (out of the fish tank and into the ocean), they were still stuck in the plastic bags. Thus the question: "NOW WHAT?".
Which should lead one to consider
Why do I really desire, need, want to be castrated?
What will doing it solve?
Is there another way to solve a problem, fulfill a need or desire without surgery?
Surgery iteself can cause new problem(s).
Is the risk or surgery, the risk of creating new problem(s), the risk of not solving the original problem worth it?
As is so often the case in Western culture, these questions are never asked.
We live in a I WANT IT AND I WILL GET IT (whether I need it or should have it) society.
In my case, all my life I fantasized, I desired, I really wanted to be rid of my balls.
I also fear cancer.
Having lived a good many years I know that lower testosterone levels can help minimize the risk of prostate cancer.
So I see a real medical reason, besides just fantasy, need, desire, to be without them.
Do I fear:
1 Physical/psychological After effects of being castrated? no, not at my age.
2 Medical side effects of being castrated? yes, but this can be mitigated
3 Surgery? Yes
4 Cancer? Yes (I don't have cancer, my father had prostate cancer so I feel at risk)
As a medical preventative my tonsils were removed before they caused a problem.
As a medical preventative why not remove my testicles before they cause a problem?
Society and medicine don't think so.
There in lies the problem.
I feel like I am living in a DOM society and I am not a SUB.