Historically men have been castrated for all sorts of reasons. Chinese Buddhist monks were castrated to make them more reliable as palace servants. In Turkey, men were castrated to guard

Historically men have been castrated for all sorts of reasons. Chinese Buddhist monks were castrated to make them more reliable as palace servants. In Turkey, men were castrated to guard the women of the royal Harem. In 17th and 18th centuries boys with promising singing voices, were castrated before puberty, because this preserved their tiny larynxes (smaller than a dime) and caused them to have, as adults, an enormous lung capacity. Their voice teacher (often the one who recommended the castration) was required to teach the student for FREE, unless the student ended up in a very lucrative career. Then, he could collect 20%. Famous Soprano and Alto castratos could earn millions of dollars a year and many of them came from complete poverty. They could make love, and were sought out by women and men alike as sexual partners. Handel recruited castrati from Italy for his operas–and their fees ate up a lot of his budget. “Do you believe that the castration of young boys was moral?”, Your thoughts?