Title: What is chemical castration, why is it done and can it happen to women? | Metro News
Headings: What is chemical castration, why is it done and can it happen to women?
What is chemical castration, why is it done and can it happen to women?
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Olivia Waring Wednesday 11 Apr 2018 11:24 am
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Content: A man’s testicles are the source of his sex drive and many key hormones, and castration is what you might call…. taking them out of action. Castration can be surgical, involving the removal of the testicles, or chemical. But just what does chemical castration involve? Pause
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Can a woman be chemically castrated? How long has the process been used, and for what purpose? Surgical castration is very common in animals but in humans, chemical castration has been used in some cases for about 80 years (Picture: Getty)
Chemical castration is a legal body chemical treatment that has been used since around 1944 to reduce the level of testosterone in men, and also in women, seeing as the hormone triggers the sex drive in both. It is done through the administration of antiandrogen drugs, either in pill form or more commonly via injections.