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Chemical castration is castration via anaphrodisiac drugs, whether to reduce libido and sexual activity, to treat cancer, or otherwise. Unlike surgical castration , where the gonads are removed through an incision in the body, [ 1 ] chemical castration does not remove organs and is not a form of sterilization .
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 may also refer medically to oophorectomy in female humans and animals. The term castration may also be sometimes used to refer to emasculation where both the testicles and the penis are removed together. In some cultures, and in some translations, no distinction is made between the two.
Some men have only the tip of their penis removed. For others with more advanced cancer, the entire penis must be removed. [2] In rare instances, a botched circumcision can also result in a full or partial penectomy, as with David Reimer. [3] Fournier gangrene can also be a reason for penectomy and/or orchiectomy.
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.
Many men don’t realize they can develop breast cancer, and there are no routine screening guidelines like there are for women. In fact, more than 40% of male breast cancer cases are diagnosed at ...
It is usually a primary malignancy, the initial place from which cancer spreads in the body. Much less often it is a secondary malignancy, one in which the cancer has spread to the penis from elsewhere. The staging of penile cancer is determined by the extent of tumor invasion, nodal metastasis, and distant metastasis. [23]
Body integrity dysphoria, or xenomelia, is another mental disorder that may drive a person to seek emasculation. [70] People with this disorder are distressed by the presence of a limb that they do not identify as part of their body, including the genitals. Emasculation in this context alleviates their distress, enabling them to become 'whole ...