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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.
Of the two types of genital mutilation available to men, emasculation was called the Greater Seal. Castration, by comparison, was called the Lesser Seal. [43] Emasculation was preferable because it rendered a recipient physically incapable of engaging in sinful sexual conduct, allowing them to attain a higher level of purity.
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.
In The Scotsman, Andrea Mullaney said that "the programme did make it seem less freakish" but she was left baffled as to why the men desired castration. [ 2 ] In The Independent , Thomas Sutcliffe remarked that the Internet enabled documentary film makers to locate "human compulsion or oddity" much easier as "prospective interviewees are ...
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.
A horrific video posted online on Thursday appears to show a Ukrainian prisoner of war being castrated by his Russian captors. While Yahoo News cannot independently verify the authenticity of the ...
In July 2022, video recordings of the torture, castration and murder of a Ukrainian POW in the Pryvillia sanatorium by Russian servicemen were published online. Taking place during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the video caused an international outcry and brought strong condemnation from a number of human rights bodies.
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