Castration for Pleasure: Exploring Extreme Castration Ideations in Fiction

doi:10.1007/s10508-022-02295-7

. 2022 May;51(4):2337-2351.

doi: 10.1007/s10508-022-02295-7. Epub 2022 May 13.

Castration for Pleasure: Exploring Extreme Castration Ideations in Fiction

Elisabetta E L Piccolo¹, Thomas W Johnson², Richard J Wassersug³

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¹ Independent Scholar, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Department of Anthropology (Emeritus), California State University, Chico, CA, USA.
³ Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. richard.wassersug@ubc.ca.

PMID: 35556189
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02295-7

Castration for Pleasure: Exploring Extreme Castration Ideations in Fiction

Elisabetta E L Piccolo et al. Arch Sex Behav. 2022 May.

. 2022 May;51(4):2337-2351.

doi: 10.1007/s10508-022-02295-7. Epub 2022 May 13.

Authors

Elisabetta E L Piccolo¹, Thomas W Johnson², Richard J Wassersug³

Affiliations

¹ Independent Scholar, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
² Department of Anthropology (Emeritus), California State University, Chico, CA, USA.
³ Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, 2350 Health Sciences Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 1Z3, Canada. richard.wassersug@ubc.ca.

PMID: 35556189
DOI: 10.1007/s10508-022-02295-7

Abstract

The Eunuch Archive (EA) is an online community which includes individuals who read and write sexual fantasies with themes related to castration and eunuchs. Here we analyzed the 100 stories rated highest by EA readers among the >8800 currently posted. Our goal was to gain insights into commonalities within, and specifics of, castration sexual fantasies. Simply stated, we want to know what the authors (and readers) fantasize about and why. The most popular EA stories link sexual gratification and romantic partnership with genital abuse. They are characterized by the absence of consent for genital ablations and multiple SM-related paraphilias. Many stories feature attraction to, and ablation of, the genitals of pubescent or adolescent males. Some EA members have acted on their interests and been voluntarily castrated. Others wish to be. The most popular stories in the EA collection typically link the sacrifice via SM abuse to securing a permanent sexual partnership. The idea of sacrificing one's genitals to build dyadic adhesion has been noted before in individuals with extreme castration ideations. Here we identify the common features of sexualized fantasies that are popular among individuals with exceptional interest in castration.

Keywords: BDSM; Castration; Genital abuse; Paraphilia; Sexual fantasy.

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