Researchers Explore Why Some Men Seek Castration

Lowering the bar once again for what’s considered abnormal…

A
story
in World Science states,

Some
men yearn to be castrated, and the reasons why may be surprising, researchers have found.

It’s long been documented that a tiny percentage of men harbor, often secretly, a desire
for neutering. Richard J. Wassersug of Dalhousie University, Canada, and colleagues used the Internet to drop in on discussion groups among these individuals, and posted questionnaires to them to understand their thinking.

“Our survey identified a
population of well-educated, adult men fascinated with the idea of being
castrated.”

The article goes on to say that many people want to be castrated because they want to control their sexual appetites,
because they think it would make them look better, or because they think it would be exciting. Most of them had college
degrees, and a fair number had doctorates, the article adds.

One interesting point made in the story is that the rise of body-piercing might be encouraging some of these people… That’s kind of a bizarre notion. I’m not sure if I agree with it.
The story is based on a study published in the October
Archives of Sexual Behavior.