Castration__An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood

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1、CASTRATIONcastration,n.[fromanIndo-Europeanrootmeaning“cut”or“knife”]1.agriculturaltechnology—firstdevelopedinStoneAgeEurasia,butfoundlaterinmanyOldandNewWorldcivilizations—forimprovingselecteddomesticatedanimalandhumanmalesbyremovingtheirtesticles2.socialpractice(stronglyassociatedwithslavery)for

2、preservingpurityofbreeds,races,anddynasties3.legalorpseudo-legalpunishment(usuallyforviolationsoflocalsexualcustoms)4.contraceptivesurgery,producingsexuallyactivebutinfertilemales5.religioussacrifice(atfirstinvolvingactualgenitalmutilation,laterallegorizedtomerecelibacy)thatseekstoapproachthedivin

3、ebytranscendingthebiologicalimperativesofreproductionandthesocialconstraintsoflineage6.censorshipofprintedtextsbyexcisionofoffensivepassages,therebypreventingthereproductionofhereticalreligious(later,sexual)ideas7.psychoanalyticconcept(developedbySigmundFreudintheperiod1908–1939)thatpositsthatallh

4、umanchildrenbelievethatfemalesaremaleswhohavehadtheirgenitaliacompletelycutoffasapunishmentfortheirperversedesires8.anyactionorbehaviorthatmakesamalemorelikeafemale(physiologicallyorculturally)9.manipulationofthehumangenomebyartificialcircumventionofheterosexualbiologicalreproductionCASTRATIONAnAb

5、breviatedHistoryofWesternManhoodGARYTAYLORROUTLEDGENewYorkandLondonPublishedin2000byRoutledge29West35thStreetNewYork,NY10001PublishedinGreatBritainbyRoutledge11NewFetterLaneLondonEC4P4EERoutledgeisanimprintoftheTaylor&FrancisGroup.ThiseditionpublishedintheTaylor&Francise-Library,2002.Copyright©200

6、0byGaryTaylorAllrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereprintedorreproducedorutilizedinanyformorbyanyelectronic,mechanical,orothermeans,nowknownorhereafterinvented,includingphotocopyingandrecordingorinanyinformationstorageorretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthepublishers.LibraryofCongres

7、sCataloging-in-PublicationDataTaylor,Gary,1953–Castration:AnAbbreviatedHistoryofWesternManhood/GaryTaylor.p.cm.Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex.ISBN0-415-92785-41.Castrationcomplex.2.Masculinity.3.Men—Ps