Study of Factors Influencing Castration Ideation and the Consequences of Emasculation on the Eunuch.org Members

We invite you to participate in a survey of the Eunuch Archive (www.eunuch.org) community. The survey is for eunuchs, wannabes, and others who may have interests in castration.

This survey follows on a previous survey posted on the Eunuch Archive in 2005. The results of that study have been published in a series of four papers and we would be happy to send copies of any of those papers to anyone who requests them.

The previous study constituted the only research done to date to characterize the modern day eunuch community in the western world. However, it also revealed major holes in our knowledge. We are particularly interested in learning more about the social and sexual background of people interested in castration. Thus, many of the questions in this new survey are quite personal, but they can help us better define the community.

This questionnaire will take approximately 30-45 minutes to complete, but one need not do that all in one sitting.

The questionnaire has the full approval of the board that oversees eunuch.org. The two researchers, Drs. Richard Wassersug and Thomas Johnson, are members of the Eunuch Archive Board. Tom Johnson is a retired professor of Anthropology from California State University, Chico. Dr. Richard Wassersug is a professor of Anatomy & Neurobiology at Dalhousie University, in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is also “out” as a medical eunuch because of his treatments for prostate cancer and has published several personal essays on that topic.

Because of the personal nature of the questions we are asking, it is very important that members of the community understand their answers will be completely confidential. At no time will we ask for your name or email address. Your confidentiality will be completely protected and nothing you say or write will be traceable to you individually. This survey has been reviewed by the Dalhousie Health Sciences Research Ethics Board in advance of posting on the surveymonkey website. Before starting the questionnaire, you will be asked to read about this project and give your consent to participate in the study.

We greatly appreciate your help in this study.

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