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Castrato
In the early days of opera, womyn were not allowed to sing in public, not even in a chorus. How to fill in the female roles in opera? Pick a choir-boy with a great voice that has not yet deepened, by consent of their parents, perform a little operation on them, removing the testicles.
Results? Without the hormones needed for adulthood, their voices remained sopranos and altos while their chests and lungs matured regularly, their voices combined male power with female beauty. Now they were able to successfully pull off female roles onstage.
Today, this practice is illegal.
Results? Without the hormones needed for adulthood, their voices remained sopranos and altos while their chests and lungs matured regularly, their voices combined male power with female beauty. Now they were able to successfully pull off female roles onstage.
Today, this practice is illegal.
Related Words
Castra6 • castrate • Castration • castrati • Castracized • castrated • Castratikron • castration fantasy • Castrato • castrator
Castratikron
a Castratikron is a being that was born of evil in a fiery volcano that takes the testicles off of smaller creatures.
a Castratikron castrated a chupacabra.
Castratikron by bitch zac is gay fuck that kid May 9, 2009
mass castrations
In ancient and medieval times was a common practice the castration of vanquished enemies after the battles. A historian of the Seljuk sultans told a tale in which after a great victory over the the last of the Khwarazmians, the turk Seljuk Key Coubad ordered the testicles or scrotums of thirty thousand defeated army soldiers joined together to produce three hundred tents - a task which apparently occupied the greater part of the army for five whole days, but produced what was described as a memorable memento of the battle!
"These mass castrations were done just after the battles, in order to sell the new eunuchs to the merchants of slaves that usually followed the armies".
mass castrations by Willhelmina Plowes May 6, 2013
Mexican Castration
...can happen as a result of carrying Mexican i.e. sans pistol holster/proper retention device--gun usually tucked into waistband.
Literally: to accidentally blast one's own genitalia off via a negligent discharge of a firearm that is being "carried Mexican."
Literally: to accidentally blast one's own genitalia off via a negligent discharge of a firearm that is being "carried Mexican."
Mexican castration almost happened to Plaxico Burress when his (.40 S&W) Glock 23 went off and struck him in the thigh at that New York night club because he had his piece tucked into the waistband of his sweatpants. But seriously, despite the fact that he could have shot his own balls off, who wears sweatpants to a nightclub?
Mexican Castration by 3^3=27 September 19, 2009
castrated
Trespassers will be castrated
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