Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia - Castration
Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a biological male ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Humans
Castration - History. The method of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cultu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Humans
Castration - History. The practice of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cul...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Chemical Castration: Encyclopedia - Chemical Castration
Chemical castration is a form of castration caused by certain hormonal drugs. It was developed as a temporary preventive measure and puni...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration Cult: Encyclopedia - Castration Cult
A number of religious cults have included castration as a central theme of their practice. These include: The cult of Cybele, in which d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration Anxiety: Encyclopedia - Castration Anxiety
Castration anxiety is an idea put forth by Sigmund Freud in his writings on the Oedipus complex; it posits a deep-seated fear or anxiety ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia - Eunuch
A eunuch is an infertile human male whose testicles have either been removed (deliberately or by accident) or are otherwise non-functiona...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wether: Encyclopedia - Wether
A wether is a male sheep, usually one made sterile by castration. Category: Sheep Other related archivesSheep, castration, sheep    » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bullock: Encyclopedia - Bullock
Bullock may refer to: bullock or ox, castrated male cattle Sandra Bullock, actress Alan Bullock, historian Other related archivesAlan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neuter: Encyclopedia - Neuter
The word neuter can refer to: the property of being neither biologically male or female: being asexual the sterilization (castration, sp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fixed: Encyclopedia - Fixed
Fixed may refer to: fixed, a monospace font of X Window System a fixed currency a fixed exchange rate Fixed, an album by Nine Inch Nails...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Burdizzo: Encyclopedia - Burdizzo
Burdizzo is a castration method that uses a large clamp to break the blood vessels leading into the testicles. These have also been used...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barrow: Encyclopedia - Barrow
Barrow may refer to: A flat rectangular tray or cart with handles at each end, such as a wheelbarrow. A large mound of earth or stone pl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capon: Encyclopedia - Capon
A capon is a rooster (a male chicken) whose testicles were removed at a young age. Typically the castration is performed when the chicken...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vagina Dentata: Encyclopedia - Vagina Dentata
Vagina dentata is Latin for toothed vagina. The myth of the vagina dentata in the Western world was popularized chiefly by Sigmund Freud,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Attis: Encyclopedia - Attis
Attis, a life-death-rebirth deity, was both the son and the lover of Cybele, her eunuch attendant and driver of her lion-driven chariot; ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Galli: Encyclopedia - Galli
Galli was the Roman name for castrated followers of the Phrygian goddess Cybele, which can be regarded as transgendered in today's terms....   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Erinyes: Encyclopedia - Erinyes
In Greek mythology the Erinyes or Eumenides (the Romans called them the Furies) were female personifications of vengeance. They were usua...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Melia: Encyclopedia - Melia
In Greek mythology, Melia was a nymph, one of the Meliae, who were daughters of Oceanus. By her brother Inachus, she became the mother of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bellwether: Encyclopedia - Bellwether
In politics, a bellwether (often, incorrectly, bellweather or bellwhether) is a region whose political tendencies match in microcosm what...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castrato: Encyclopedia - Castrato
Male ranges Sopranist Alto Tenor Baritenor Baritone Bass-baritone Bass A castrato is a male soprano, mezzo-soprano, or alto voice produ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gigantes: Encyclopedia - Gigantes
In Greek mythology, the Gigantes were a race of giants. They were born of Gaia, who was fertiziled by the blood of Ouranos that resulted ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amygdala: Encyclopedia - Amygdala
Located deep in the brain's medial temporal lobe, the almond-shaped amygdala (in Latin, corpus amygdaloideum) is believed to play a key r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Zhao Gao: Encyclopedia - Zhao Gao
Zhao Gao 趙高 (died end of October 207 BC) was the chief eunuch during the Qin Dynasty of China, who played an instrumental role in the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Westley Allan Dodd: Encyclopedia - Westley Allan Dodd
Westley Allan Dodd was a serial killer and child molester from Seattle, Washington. His execution on January 5, 1993, was the first legal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scrotum: Encyclopedia Ii - Scrotum - Health Issues
A common problem of the scrotum is the development of masses. Common scrotal masses include sebaceous cyst, also called a epidermal cyst...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Religious Castration
The Galli, followers of the goddess Cybele practiced ritual self-castration, sanguinaria. Even in Christian times the practice continued;...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trematoda: Encyclopedia Ii - Trematoda - Etymology
Trematodes are commonly referred to as flukes. This term can be traced back to the Saxon name for Flounder, and refers to the flattened, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Myths
According to Tom Burnham's Dictionary of Misinformation, a common misconception about eunuchs is that, since they were castrated, they we...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Castrato Singers
Eunuchs castrated before puberty were also valued and trained in several cultures for their exceptional voices, which retained a childlik...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - Involuntary Disorder
The body dysmorphic disorder or dysmorphophobia characterized by desire to be a eunuch is called skoptic syndrome, named after the Skoptz...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Eunuch: Encyclopedia Ii - Eunuch - History
The English word eunuch is from the Greek eune ("bed") and ekhein ("to keep"), effectively "bed keeper." Servants or slaves were usually ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Envy: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Envy - Feminist Criticisms And Disputation
Feminists generally regard this theory as sexist. In turn, feminists themselves have been accused of suffering from penis envy, as tradit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Removal: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Removal - Human Penis Removal In Medicine And Psychology
Some men have penile amputations, known as penectomies, for medical reasons. Cancer, for example, sometimes necessitates removal of all o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Penis Removal: Encyclopedia Ii - Penis Removal - Involuntary Penis Removal Assault
There have been incidents in which men have been assaulted, usually by their girlfriends or wives, by having their penises severed. Loren...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genital Modification And Mutilation: Encyclopedia Ii - Genital Modification And Mutilation - Types Of Genital Alteration
The alterations listed below may be undertaken voluntarily by some individuals; they may also be performed for medical reasons or perform...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cock Chicken: Encyclopedia Ii - Cock Chicken - Capons
A Capon is a castrated chicken cock. In this procedure the testes of the cock are completely removed; a surgical procedure is required fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uranus Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Uranus Mythology - The Creation Myth
In the Olympian creation myth, Uranus came every night to cover the earth and mate with Gaia, but he hated the children she bore him and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hurrians: Encyclopedia Ii - Hurrians - Impact
Hurrian speakers formed the majority population of the kingdom of Mitanni, though they appear to have been governed by a class of foreign...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hypogonadism: Encyclopedia Ii - Hypogonadism - Classification
There are many possible types of hypogonadism and several ways to categorize them. Hypogonadism - by Congenital vs. acquired. An examp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cry To Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Cry To Heaven - Plotline
As Tonio learns, Carlo is actually his father. However, although everyone in Venice is inclined to believe that Carlo was behind his cast...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cyclops: Encyclopedia Ii - Cyclops - First Generation
There were three: Brontes, Steropes and Arges. Uranus feared their strength and locked them in Tartarus. Later, Cronus, another son of Ur...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment In The United Kingdom: Encyclopedia Ii - Capital Punishment In The United Kingdom - Origins
Hanging by the neck as form of capital punishment was introduced to Britain by the Anglo-Saxon invaders of the 5th century. By the 10th c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aversion Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Aversion Therapy - Aversion Therapy And Gay Men
In the 1970s and 1980s, suspected gay men and lesbians in the South African Defense Force were forced to undergo torture and gross maltre...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Titan Mythology: Encyclopedia Ii - Titan Mythology - The Titans In Other Greek Sources
Hesiod is not, however, the last word on the Titans. Surviving fragments of Orphic poetry in particular preserve some variations on the m...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reindeer: Encyclopedia Ii - Reindeer - Anatomy
The weight of a female varies between 60 and 170 kg. In some subspecies of reindeer, the male is slightly larger; in others, the male can...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sterilization Surgical Procedure: Encyclopedia Ii - Sterilization Surgical Procedure - Vasectomy
Vasectomy should not be confused with castration: vasectomy does not involve removal of the testicles and it affects neither the producti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sterilization Surgical Procedure: Encyclopedia Ii - Sterilization Surgical Procedure - Sterilization Of Animals
In animals, castration (removal of the testes) and salpingo-oophorectomy (removal of the ovaries and fallopian tubes), called "neutering"...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Opera Seria: Encyclopedia Ii - Opera Seria - The Age Of Opera Seria
The age of opera seria corresponded with the rise to prominence of the castrati, often prodigiously gifted male singers who had undergone...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cry To Heaven: Encyclopedia Ii - Cry To Heaven - Overview
Guido Maffeo, born a peasant, is castrated at the age of six to preserve his soprano voice, and becomes a star of the opera by the time h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Empress Xu Pingjun: Encyclopedia Ii - Empress Xu Pingjun - Marriage To Then-commoner Liu Bingyi
Xu Pingjun's future husband Liu Bingyi was the only surviving descendant of Liu Ju, Emperor Wu's crown prince who was forced into a faile...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Trap-neuter-return: Encyclopedia Ii - Trap-neuter-return - Tnr Methodology
Trap-Neuter-Return begins with the trapping of feral cats using humane cage traps. The captured feral cats are taken (in the trap) to a v...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Self-surgery: Encyclopedia Ii - Self-surgery - Abdominal Self-surgery
Abdominal self-surgery is extremely rare. Two well-publicized cases have found their way into the medical literature. The first, in 1979,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Amy Ray: Encyclopedia Ii - Amy Ray - Discography
Stag Johnny Rottentail (Amy Ray) Laramie (Amy Ray) Lucystoners (Amy Ray) Hey Castrator (Amy Ray) Late Bloom (Amy Ray) Measure of Me (Amy...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Psychosexual Development: Encyclopedia Ii - Psychosexual Development - Phallic Phase
From four to seven years of age, the child enters the phallic phase, when the sexual organs become the child's primary object-cathexis. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oedipus Complex: Encyclopedia Ii - Oedipus Complex - Theory Of The Oedipus Complex
Relying on material from his self-analysis and on anthropological studies of totemism, Freud developed the Oedipus complex as an explanat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cattle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cattle - Ox
Oxen (plural of ox) are cattle trained as draft animals. Often they are adult, castrated males. Usually an ox is over four years old due ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Noahide Laws: Encyclopedia Ii - Noahide Laws - Subdividing The Seven Laws
Various rabbinic sources have different positions on the way the seven laws are to be subdivided in categories. Maimonides (Melakhim 10:6...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc News: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc News - Opinions Of Bbc News
The BBC is frequently complimented in the public arena, both in the United Kingdom and globally. Alternative views are also expressed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pit Bull: Encyclopedia Ii - Pit Bull - History
The ancestors of modern pit bulls, English and French bulldogs, and other related breeds were powerful mastiffs bred for farm work. Speci...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Old Believers: Encyclopedia Ii - Old Believers - Break-off Sects
The Old Believers movement also gave birth to several marginal break-off groups such as: the Skoptzy (Скопцы), who practiced castr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - First Council Of Nicaea: Encyclopedia Ii - First Council Of Nicaea - Other Problems
Then the bishops began proceedings against the Meletian schism. Its founder was suspended from his office but not degraded or exiled. Fin...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cattle: Encyclopedia Ii - Cattle - Ox
Oxen (plural of ox) are cattle trained as draft animals. Often they are adult, castrated males. Usually an ox is over four years old due ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Reparative Therapy: Encyclopedia Ii - Reparative Therapy - History
The idea of altering a person's sexual orientation is not a new idea and harkens back to the start of psychology itself. By classifying h...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rape And Punishment
Rape - Punishment of assailants. Most societies consider rape to be a grave offense, and punish it accordingly. Punishment for rape in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - West Memphis 3: Encyclopedia Ii - West Memphis 3 - The Crime
Three eight-year-old boys - Steve Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore - were reported missing on May 5, 1993, by Chistopher Byer...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - Nicknames
As the oldest currently-operating Canadian broadcaster, and still the largest in terms of national availability of its various networks, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Death And Burial
During his last campaign with the Tangut Empire during which Genghis Khan was fighting with the Khwarezmid Empire, Genghis Khan died on A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Death And Burial
During his last campaign with the Tangut Empire during which Genghis Khan was fighting with the Khwarezmid Empire, Genghis Khan died on A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bbc News: Encyclopedia Ii - Bbc News - Opinions Of Bbc News
The BBC is frequently complimented in the public arena, both in the United Kingdom and globally. Alternative views are also expressed in ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Genghis Khan: Encyclopedia Ii - Genghis Khan - Death And Burial
During his last campaign with the Tangut Empire during which Genghis Khan was fighting with the Khwarezmid Empire, Genghis Khan died on A...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eunuch: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Eunuch
Eunuch A castrated male. Voluntary castration is associated either with ascetic vows, resulting in permanent celibacy, or with some fo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Warlock: Craft Witchcraft Dictionary On Warlock
WARLOCK: 1) "Oath Breaker" and "Traitor", from Scottish Gaelic dialect. Also refers to the binding of the candida...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesiod: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Hesiod
Hesiod (c 700 bc) A Greek poet In the Theogony he describes the genealogy of the Olympian gods, of whom Zeus was king, and how they ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hesiod: New Age Spirituality Dictionary On Hesiod
Hesiod (c 700 bc) A Greek poet In the Theogony he describes the genealogy of the Olympian gods, of whom Zeus was king, and how they ca...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Eunuch: A Christian Theological Dictionary On Eunuch
A Christian theological definition of Eunuch according to CARM - The Christian Apologetics & Research Ministry:   " Eu...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Kronos: Spiritual - Theosophy Dictionary On Kronos
Kronos (Greek) In Greek mythology, the youngest of the titans, son of Ouranos (heaven) and Gaia (earth). His mother gave him a sickle,...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Castration: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Castration
  Dream Interpretation Castration It is a very disturbing dream for any man, and more likely it relates to impotence or fear of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Current Legal Status Of Torture
On December 10, 1948 the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. Article 5 states "No o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Some Aspects Of Rape
Rape - Drugging. Hypnotic agents such as flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) and GHB, colloquially referred to as "date rape drugs," have been use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - History
The concept of rape, both as an abduction and in the sexual sense, makes its first appearance in early religious texts. In Greek mytholog...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Use Of Torture
Recent times in the context of this article is from December 10, 1948 when the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the U...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Non-sexual Usage Of Term
In its original sense, dating back to antiquity, "to rape a person" meant to capture the person for the purpose of enslavement, and was c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Types Of Rape
Rape - Violent rape. "Violent rape" occurs when violence beyond the rape itself is a part of the assault. This may include physical for...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Rapists
Rape - Rapist profiles. Dr. A. Nicholas Groth, author of Men Who Rape: The Psychology of the Offender, described four types of delibera...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Quotes
The Supreme Court of California had this to say on a case involving a woman who was raped by a police officer: "Along with other forms o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Torture: Encyclopedia Ii - Torture - Aspects Of Torture
The use of torture has been criticized not only on humanitarian and moral grounds, but on the grounds that evidence extracted by torture ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Effects Of Rape
A proportion of violent sexual assaults end with the death or serious injury of the victim. Other consequences can include pregnancy or s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Sociobiological Analysis Of Rape
Some animals appear to exhibit behaviors which resemble rape in humans, in particular combining sexual intercourse with violent assault, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - The Role Of Control And Loss Of Privacy In Rape
Rape has been regarded as "a crime of violence and control" since the 1970s. According to psychological analysis literature, "control" is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Rape: Encyclopedia Ii - Rape - Reporting
Rape - Underreporting. According to the 1999 United States National Crime Victimization Survey, only 39% of rapes and sexual assaults w...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Genitals: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Genitals
  Dream Interpretation Genitals A dream of genitals is not a specifically sexual dream. In a man's dream it could be an allusio...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hair: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Hair
Hair : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Hair   Hair - Represents knowledge, most often conscious knowledge (or the lack of). ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Death: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Being Injured, Ill Or Dying
Death : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Being injured, ill or dying   Being injured, ill or dying One myth about dreaming is...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Castration Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Castration
Castration Dream Symbols: Removing obstacles that prevent a normal sexual life. Cutting oneself off from the norm; or from a normal se...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hair Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Hair
Hair (1) Abundant hair may signify virility or male sexuality.   (2) Long matted hair or a (long white) beard may symbolize wisdo...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Boar Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Boar
Boar Dream Symbols: An uncontrollable masculine aspect. A need to castrate certain masculine aspects that can be controlling {i.e. bei...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Hair Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Hair
Hair Dream Symbols: Abundant hair may signify virility or male sexuality. Cutting hair a loss of virility or castration. Power or inte...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Castration: Encyclopedia Ii - Castration - Castration In Veterinary Practice
Castration is common in animal husbandry and animal fancy, where it is intended for favouring a given desired development of the animal o...   » Read the article

Article - Popular Pages Sitemap Iv - C
This is a sitemap for Popular Pages IV - C . Click on a link and you will find multiple definitions and articles related to the word. ...   » Read the article