CASTRATION. Castration is a custom found both in mythological tales and in ritual practices of peoples of various origins, cultural levels, and geographical locations. Because there is a preponderance of documentation of the custom in the ancient Near...

I remember my own castration quite clearly. It did involve a ‘cut’, but the castration of which I speak had nothing to do with real genitalia, something to do with speaking, and everything to do with a severed relationship...

(from Latin, castrare: to castrate) The removal of the reproductive organs: TESTES from a male or the OVARIES from a female. Castration is a surgical procedure used experimentally in studies of SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR, and of the effects of SEX HORMONES on...

Removal of the testes. The procedure stops most production of the hormone testosterone. If done before puberty, it prevents the development of functioning adult sex organs. Castration after sexual maturity makes the sex organs shrink and stop...

Castration (also referred as: gelding, neutering, orchiectomy, orchidectomy, and oophorectomy) is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testes or a female loses the functions of the...