Is castrating young boys ethical?

[Aractus]

Circumcision doesn't involve a choice usually.

War affects others negatively against their will.

These are poor comparisons.

Hmmmmm... not really. Being a castrato has positive and negative effects.

Positive effects:

• Lovely singing voice.
  
• Status.
  
• Fame.
  
• A decent living.

Negative effects:

• Can't have children.
  
• Can't have intimate relationships.
  
• Weak bones.

Now you *may* be able to strike the "weak bones" off the negative effects since it can be much better treated today. But you also have to strike off "status", "fame" AND "a decent living" since it no longer guarantees you any of that, and certainly won't bring about those on its own.

---

Coincidentely, The catholic church child abuse scandle surfaced in southern Germany some years ago because a boy was so violently abused by a priest that his testicles had to be amputated when he was 11.
The scandle came to public light when that person comitted suicide in his 40s due to the resulting depressions he had.

But this doesn't tell you anything about castrati and their happiness in life, all it tells you (if it's true that he was depressed because he didn't mature as a man should) is that not having the good things that castrati had AND being castrated equals misery.

Violet, this isnt about genderoperations and the changing of a persons sexuality.



It´s about cutting of a minors balls and thereby destroying his potential future sexuality before he even has the chance to develope one.

^ This. As I said to Tara, I say also to Violet - I'm willing to discuss gender identity in the correct thread, it's off-topic in this thread AND there is one specifically on the topic you want to discuss already.