Weird Culture: Eunuchs - Removal of "Male Things" for Purposes

Have you ever heard about men or boys who have been castrated for purposes ie: to perform a specific social function. This is one of the weird cultures around the world known as "Eunuchs". Eunuchs were group of men or boys who went through a surgical process to remove the penis and testes. So do we call them men or what?

Castrated is a past tense for castrate which means
1. To remove the testicles of (a male); geld or emasculate.
2. To remove the ovaries of (a female); spay.
3. To deprive of virility or spirit; emasculate.

This strange tradition is believed to exist in Ancient Middle East, China, Ancient Greece, Rome and Byzantium as well as in India. Eunuchs have performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures such as: courtiers  or equivalent domestics, treble singers, religious specialists, government officials, military commanders, and guardians of women or harem servants.

In China for example, some men became Eunuchs as a mean of gaining employment in the Imperial service. While in India, Eunuchs was frequently employed in Imperial Indian palaces as servants for female royalty, and often attained high-status positions in Indian society.

Seriously, even after I found about this strange culture, I still can't believe this kind of culture exist among the people of the world. It was a scary tradition but there were some men who were willing to do so just to gain something as what happened in China. There is a claim that the so called "Eunuchs" are still exist until this day.

p/s: No image provided as I afraid it will be overwhelming.