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Emasculation[edit]

Emasculation of a human male is the removal of both the penis and the testicles, the external male sex organs. Depending on the context, this may be seen as consensual body modification, or non-consensual genital mutilation.

The word also has other meanings which are more commonly used. See below.

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Genital modification and mutilation[edit]

For removal of the penis alone, see penis removal.

For removal of the testicles alone, see castration

In history[edit]

North America

Emasculation was used as punishment to humiliate slaves by not letting them wear pants^[2] and making them wear dresses.This method was more psychological rather than physical however slave owners would also castrate their slaves using gelding knives.^[3] This was often preformed because the slaves would be sexual with one another and emasculation was used to deter that.


Europe

In Medieval Europe, emasculation was used as a form of punishment. It was sometimes done when a person was hanged, drawn, and quartered (a form of execution by torture). A tool used to emasculation and castrate men in Medieval Europe was the Chastity Belt^[4]t these belts were used to prevent rape and or sexual promiscuity of wives when their husbands left for The Crusades. These devices would tear and rip the penis of a man who was trying to have sex with the wearer of this belt.

China

In ancient China, emasculation was performed as a punishment up until the Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty. Additionally, some men underwent the procedure as means of becoming employed as an imperial servant or bureaucrat. In English, the word eunuch is generally used to refer to these Chinese people who underwent emasculation, and they are often referred to as having been "castrated" rather than "emasculated". As of the Qing Dynasty, emasculation was still performed in China. In the 19th century, the rebel Yaqub Begand all of his sons and grandsons were punished by being emasculated and enslaved. The last Imperial eunuch was Sun Yaoting, who died in 1996. For more information on emasculation in China, see Castration#China.

Vietnam

The ancient Vietnamese adopted China's practice of emasculation and the use of eunuchs as servants and slaves for the monarchy. The procedure was reportedly very painful as both the testicles and penis were removed. In 1838, the Emperor of Vietnam made a law that said only adult men of high social standing could be emasculated. In the end, most eunuchs ended up being men who had been born with genital abnormalities and then handed over to the authorities. During the late 19th century, the French used the existence of eunuchs in Vietnam to degrade the Vietnamese. For more information on emasculation in Vietnam, see Castration#Vietnam.

Khitan

The Khitan people of northeast Asia adopted the Chinese practice of emasculating slaves.

Russia

In 19th century Russia, the Skoptsy sect of Christianity performed emasculation, which they termed the "greater seal".

The Middle East and Africa

In the Arab slave trade, enslaved men and boys from East Africa were often "castrated" by removing both the penis and testicles.

In the modern day[edit]

In The Indian Subcontinent, some members of Hijra communities reportedly undergo emasculation. It is called nirwaan and seen as a rite of passage.

In the United States, males in the Nullo subculture voluntarily undergo emasculation. Trans gendered people also undergo voluntary emasculation when trying to change to the opposite sex studies^[5] have shown that the process effects patients differently in terms of what they are attracted to but most show no change in attraction to the same or opposite sex

In the Bible[edit]

In the Old Testament:

“No one whose testicles are crushed or whose male organ is cut off shall enter the assembly of the LORD.

~ Deuteronomy 23:1 (ESV)

("shall not enter the assembly of the Lord," Explained by the Rabbis to mean that he cannot marry a daughter of Israel)

Other meanings[edit]

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By extension, the word emasculation has also come to mean rendering a male less masculine, including by humiliation. It can also mean to deprive anything of vigour or effectiveness. This figurative usIn the Old Testament: