Castration - Medical consequences

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Castration

Castration, gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, or orchidectomy is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a biological male loses use of the testes. This causes sterilization, i.e. prevents him from reproducing; it also greatly reduces the production of certain hormones, such as testosterone. It should not be confused with penectomy, which is the whole or partial removal of the penis, nor with vasectomy, which is a procedure to sterilize a male by blocking the vasa deferentia, the t ...

Including:

Castration - Castration in humans

Castration - Castration In Veterinary Practice

Castration - Miscellaneous

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia II - Castration - Castration in humans Castration - History. The method of castration has roots before recorded human history. Castration was frequently used in certain cultures, such as in Europe, the Middle East, India, Africa or China, for religious or social reasons. After battles, winners castrated their captives or bodies of the defeated to symbolise their victory and 'seize' their power. Castrated men - eunuchs - were often admitted to special social classes. Eunuchs were also often used to guard harems. Castration also figured in a number of religious cults: see castration cults. Other religions, for exam ...

Including:

Circumcision - Reasons for circumcision

Circumcision - Emotional impact of circumcision and non-circumcision

Circumcision - Support groups

Circumcision - Consent

Circumcision - Religious circumcision of minors

Circumcision - Prevalence of circumcision worldwide

Circumcision - United States

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Cult suicide

Cult suicide is that phenomenon by which some religious groups, in this context often referred to as "cults", have led to their membership committing suicide. Sometimes all members commit suicide at the same time and place. Groups which have done this include, Heaven's Gate, Order of the Solar Temple, Peoples Temple (Jonestown), and the Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. In other cases certain denominations apparently supported mass suicide, but did not necessarily encourage all members to do it. Examples her ...

Including:

Cult suicide - Known Cult Suicides

Cult suicide - Suspected Cult Suicides

Cult suicide - Questionable Cult Suicides

Cult suicide - Martyrdom

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Rape

Rape is a crime where the victim is forced into sexual activity, in particular sexual penetration, against his or her will. The word originates from the Latin rapere: to seize or take by force. The Latin term for the act of rape itself is raptus. Originally, the word rape was akin to rapine, rapture, raptor, and rapacious, and referred to the more general violations, such as looting, destruction, and capture of citizens that are inflicted upon a town or country during war, eg. th ...

Including:

Rape - Types of rape

Rape - Some aspects of rape

Rape - Effects of rape

Rape - Rape and punishment

Rape - Reporting

Read more here: » Rape: Encyclopedia - Rape

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Sexual abstinence

Sexual abstinence is the practice of voluntarily refraining from some or all aspects of sexual activity. Common reasons to deliberately abstain from the physical expression of sexual desire include religious or philosophical reasons (eg chastity), material reasons (to prevent conception or STD transmission), lack of suitable partners, or to conform to legal injunctions. Sexual abstinence has been debated since antiquity, and has been discussed both within the heterosexual and the homosexual spheres. See Platonic love ...

Including:

Sexual abstinence - Premarital chastity

Sexual abstinence - Western attitudes

Sexual abstinence - Abstinence

Sexual abstinence - Popularity and effectiveness

Sexual abstinence - Reference

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Torture

Torture is any act by which severe torment, whether physical or psychological, is intentionally inflicted on a person as a means of intimidation, deterrent, revenge or punishment, or as a method for the extraction of information or confessions (i.e. "third-degree methods" of interrogation). Torture is often associated with terrible pain, severe suffering, and long-term trauma in its subjects. Torture is almost universally considered to be an extreme violation of human rights, as stated by the Universal Declaration of Human Righ ...

Including:

Torture - Current legal status of torture

Torture - Use of torture

Torture - Aspects of torture

Torture - Physical torture devices and methods

Read more here: » Torture: Encyclopedia - Torture

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Religion and sexual orientation

Different cultures, time periods, and belief systems have diverse variations in their opinions on the morality of homosexuality, bisexuality and the choice of sexual orientation in general. In recent decades, many societies which formerly treated homosexuality as a crime have now repealed those laws on the basis of civil rights, privacy rights, and changing social attitudes. The increasing social acceptance of homosexuality has been attributed to a range of diverse causes, including the sexual revolution, the gay rights movement, a gr ...

Including:

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Abortion debate

Throughout history, induced abortions have been a source of considerable debate and controversy. An individual's personal stance on the complex ethical, moral, and legal issues has a strong relationship with the given individual's value system. A person's position on abortion may be described as a combination of their personal beliefs on the morality of induced abortion and the ethical limit of the government's legitimate authority. Political sides have largely been separated into absolute extremes — either seeking to make all abortion illegal, or to perm ...

Including:

Abortion debate - Official positions

Abortion debate - History of the debate in the United States

Abortion debate - Modern arguments

Castration - Medical consequences: Encyclopedia - Zoophilia

Zoophilia (from the Greek Zoon, "animal", and Philia, "friendship" or "love") is a paraphilia, defined as an affinity or sexual attraction by a human to animals. Such individuals are called zoophiles. The more recent terms zoosexual and zoosexuality also describe the full spectrum of human/animal attraction. A separate term, bestiality (more common in mainstream usage), refers to human/animal sexual activity. To avoid confusion about the meaning of zoophilia — whi ...

Including:

Zoophilia - Perspectives on zoophilia

Zoophilia - Zoo Code

Castration - Medical consequences: 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 a key feature in most definitions of privacy: "Privacy is not the absence of other people from one's presence, but the control over the contact one has with them." (Pedersen, D. 1997). "Selective control of access to the self." (Margulis, 2003) Control is important in providing: what we need for normal psychological functioning; stable interpersonal rela ...

Dream Sharing Forum

Castration - Medical consequences

A Wisdom Archive on Castration - Medical consequences

ARTICLES RELATED TO Castration - Medical consequences

Including:

See also:

See also:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

Including:

See also:

See also:

See also:

See also:

See also:

See also:

See also:

See also:

See also:

Rate this archive!