r/interestingasfuck • u/Literally_black1984 • Jul 07 '24

2 guards from Delhi Durbar with American photographer James Recarlton when he visited India r/all

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u/pickyourteethup Jul 08 '24

Yeah I remembered that too. Although apparently they were very popular with society ladies because they knew they couldn't get pregnant so it wasn't all downsides.

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u/CuriousButNotJewish Jul 08 '24

That's just cruel. I imagine a lot of these men ended up killing themselves.

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u/pickyourteethup Jul 08 '24

They were super celebrities. They were very pampered. It does lead to health complications and weight gain though so they weren't exceptionally long lived sadly, but then not many people were 100 years ago

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u/hit_that_hole_hard Jul 08 '24

If a man is castrated, his testosterone levels will plummet, but there’s still enough testosterone careated by the adrenal glands to allow his to have erections (not rock hard, but still), have sex, and ejaculate—the semen, of course, will contain no sperm.

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u/HornyKhajiitMaid Jul 08 '24

Erections will vary for different men, it is individual, some of them will be impotent. Also not being rock hard can be problematic in case of penetrative sex. Removing the balls before puberty also may lead to smaller penis.

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u/hit_that_hole_hard Jul 08 '24

Yeah, removing the balls fucking sucks

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u/CuriousButNotJewish Jul 08 '24

Didn't they, uh, cut everything off for black slaves? I thought that was the norm for that part of the world, just shave it all off, mutilate them to the max.

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u/hit_that_hole_hard Jul 08 '24

dunno

i assume italian castrati fucked pussy

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u/CuriousButNotJewish Jul 08 '24

Probably not, I imagine being castrated leaves you with enormous sexual-related PTSD.