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March 27, 2007
Gray Lady Sings the Praises of Castration
Posted by Dave Blount at March 27, 2007 10:03 AM
The New York Times has lent its megaphone to Dalhousie University professor Richard Wassersug, who compares himself to a Biblical angel after having undergone chemical castration in the course of prostate cancer treatment. A few excerpts:
God is thought to surround himself with angels as advisers and emissaries, who are identical in appearance to males castrated before puberty: tall, beardless, nonsexual beings with voices like the legendary castrati. […]
When I was stoked up on testosterone in the old days, for example, I would obsess about exacting revenge on those who offended me. Now I see the foolishness in such macho fury. […]
I don't recall crying much as an adult, but since my castration I'll weep while watching Mothers Against Drunk Driving commercials. […] I've become more sensitive to the trials and tribulations of others. I am thus no longer embarrassed by my tears. I consider them humanizing, just as they are for angels. The link to my chemical castration is obvious; testosterone fuels aggression but suppresses empathy and the ability to cry. […]
Singing in a group never appealed to me before my castration, because it offered little opportunity for individual advancement. But recently I joined a choir, where I now enjoy the richness of the collective sound born of collaboration — and how much I've gained by accepting how much I've changed.
Maybe moonbats could put something in the water to make us all into eunuchs. Of course then we couldn't reproduce — but so much the better for Gaia.
Richard Wassersug, proud eunuch.
On a tip from V the K.
