Title: 13 Reasons Cultures Throughout History Brutally Castrated People
Headings: 13 Reasons Cultures Throughout History Brutally Castrated People
Weird History
13 Reasons Cultures Throughout History Brutally Castrated People
During The Renaissance, Italians Castrated Young Boys To Turn Them Into Sexually Appealing Singers
Sex Offenders Are Still Surgically Or Chemically Castrated In Western Cultures
18th-Century Russian Christian Mystics Castrated Themselves
In The Byzantine Empire, Eunuchs Were Some Of The Best Military Generals
Rapists Were Castrated In Post-Revolutionary Virginia
The Normans Castrated Enemies To Assert Their Dominance
Early Christians Castrated Themselves To Prove Their Devotion
Castration Was A Long-Standing Punishment In China
Chinese Eunuchs Were Key Imperial Officials
The Ottoman Empire Used Eunuchs To Manage Harems
Ethiopians May Have Castrated Italian Soldiers In The Late 19th Century
Southeastern Tributary States Sent Eunuchs To China
Medieval Law Castrated Pederasts And Rapists

Content: Chemical castration has been a voluntary option in Britain since the mid-20th century. Famously, mathematician Alan Turing voluntarily underwent chemical castration for homosexuality during World War II. Chemical castration is used in the United States, Portugal, Poland, Maldova, Macedonia, Estonia, Israel, Australia, India, Russia, and many other countries in various forms. Photo: Unknown / Wikimedia Commons / Public Domain
18th-Century Russian Christian Mystics Castrated Themselves
The Russian Skoptsy were a sect of Russian Orthodox Christians that began during the 18th century. The group's founder, Andre Ivanov, was previously a flagellant but castrated himself and 13 disciples in 1757. Ivanov was arrested and sent to Siberia where he died, but his followers kept the castration cult alive. Ivanov's assistant, Kondratii Selivanov, was also sent to Siberia, but he escaped and returned to St. Petersburg. He declared himself to be the "Son of God" and was arrested several times before his death in 1832. The group's popularity and devotion to God through self-castration appealed to peasants and middling ranks of society alike.