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Castration", in China, meant the severing of the penis in addition to the testicles, after which male offenders were sentenced to work in the palace as eunuchs. The punishment was called gōngxíng (宫刑), which meant "palace punishment", since castrated men would be enslaved to work in the harem of the palace.
Castration in the genital modification and mutilation context is the removal of the testicles. Occasionally the term is also used to refer to penis removal, but that is less common. Castration has been performed in many cultures throughout history, but is now rare. It should not be confused with chemical castration.
People who have experienced castration, any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which an individual loses use of the testicles: the male gonad. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
Surgical castration is bilateral orchiectomy (excision of both testicles), while chemical castration uses pharmaceutical drugs to deactivate the testes. Castration causes sterilization (preventing the castrated person or animal from reproducing); it also greatly reduces the production of hormones, such as testosterone and estrogen.
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The Qin government confiscated the property and enslaved the families of rapists who received castration as a punishment. [26] Men punished with castration during the Han dynasty were also used as slave labor. [27] In the Han dynasty (206 BC–220 AD), castration continued to be used as a punishment for various offences.
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