Review of Castration; Eunuchism and History - Medical Treatment and Aspects
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2002 3:38 pm
A great review of Castration; Eunuchism and History - Medical Treatment and Aspects by Jesus. I just downloaded all ten chapters and read them. I remain impressed with the ease with which doctors will elect to remove a womans ovaries and yet be so hesitant to remove a mans testicles. Definitely a double standard there.
This piece jogged my memory about a coworker I had about fifteen years ago. This man was a few years older than me and had a single daughter a few years younger. He actually tried to "fix us up." It seems, however, that this daughter was engaged in promiscuous activity as a teenager and came down with a severe case of gonorrhea when she was sixteen. She had allowed the infection to go long enough that she had to be hospitalized for treatment. This was a military hospital on an Air Force Base some time in the late 1960s. The doctors decided the best treatment for her was to perform a complete hysterectomy, removing ovaries and all. They performed the operation without any consultation with the girl of family. They just informed the man about what had happened to his daughter after the fact. He seemed to accept it a being medically necessary.
I personally think the doctors just took it on themselves to engage in a little eugenic selection. After all, what kind of girl would go out and get the clap at sixteen? What kind of offspring would she produce? I am reminded of Dr. Cauldwells several statements about a person being of any use to humanity (and I realize his attitudes were actually progressive for his time). I may be wrong. The loss of her ovaries may have been medically mandated. (I wonder if they castrated the boy who gave her the clap?)
Anyway, I had a chance to meet this lady at a company picnic (she was in her mid-thirties at this time). Her countenance was very asexual. Her body was neither masculine nor feminine. She had a high-pitched little-old-lady voice. Perhaps she reminded me a little of the character Jane Hathaway from the Beverly Hillbillys or Dana Carveys Church Lady, only she was not large and imposing. She was small, diminutive, and very unassertive. When I found out what had happened to her at the tender age of sixteen, I felt sorry for her. I was also pissed that the doctors didnt make every effort to save her ovaries.
My coworker confided that she had never had any interest in sex or men after her operation. I dont know why he tried to play matchmaker for us. She had no interest in such a relationship. This man had another daughter near the same age who had not suffered such an outrage. She was the picture of juicy, seductive, sexuality. She was dressed seductively (the one time I saw her) and horniness literally oozed from her pores! (Naturally, this daughter already had a man.)
Anyway, this article jogged that story from my memory.
Farrell
This piece jogged my memory about a coworker I had about fifteen years ago. This man was a few years older than me and had a single daughter a few years younger. He actually tried to "fix us up." It seems, however, that this daughter was engaged in promiscuous activity as a teenager and came down with a severe case of gonorrhea when she was sixteen. She had allowed the infection to go long enough that she had to be hospitalized for treatment. This was a military hospital on an Air Force Base some time in the late 1960s. The doctors decided the best treatment for her was to perform a complete hysterectomy, removing ovaries and all. They performed the operation without any consultation with the girl of family. They just informed the man about what had happened to his daughter after the fact. He seemed to accept it a being medically necessary.
I personally think the doctors just took it on themselves to engage in a little eugenic selection. After all, what kind of girl would go out and get the clap at sixteen? What kind of offspring would she produce? I am reminded of Dr. Cauldwells several statements about a person being of any use to humanity (and I realize his attitudes were actually progressive for his time). I may be wrong. The loss of her ovaries may have been medically mandated. (I wonder if they castrated the boy who gave her the clap?)
Anyway, I had a chance to meet this lady at a company picnic (she was in her mid-thirties at this time). Her countenance was very asexual. Her body was neither masculine nor feminine. She had a high-pitched little-old-lady voice. Perhaps she reminded me a little of the character Jane Hathaway from the Beverly Hillbillys or Dana Carveys Church Lady, only she was not large and imposing. She was small, diminutive, and very unassertive. When I found out what had happened to her at the tender age of sixteen, I felt sorry for her. I was also pissed that the doctors didnt make every effort to save her ovaries.
My coworker confided that she had never had any interest in sex or men after her operation. I dont know why he tried to play matchmaker for us. She had no interest in such a relationship. This man had another daughter near the same age who had not suffered such an outrage. She was the picture of juicy, seductive, sexuality. She was dressed seductively (the one time I saw her) and horniness literally oozed from her pores! (Naturally, this daughter already had a man.)
Anyway, this article jogged that story from my memory.
Farrell
