Castration could bring us better politicians

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http://www.notechmagazine.com/2011/12/c ... cians.html

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...the thought of politicians being castrated makes me smile.

Make them better an singing soprano like this little snippet of Alessandro Moreschi, the last Castrato voice (even though IMHO he sounds like he is singing in a whole lot of pain) .


[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv-S3uoeTXg[/youtube]

Maybe the Italians could have made a better politician out of Benito Mussolini if they did the same to him.

That's one measure that can be taken, I guess. But so far as corruption is concerned, that only takes care of a few very specific types of unscrupulous behavior. What about monetary bribes? Still seems like they could be swayed if someone had some cash to spend on buying political fealty.

Too often we fail to distinguish between politics and government.

Politicians are responsible for setting public policy. (That is where the word politics comes from). Government is responsible for carrying out public policy. While some figures in government exercise enormous power, they are always subject to the political will.

So I think you will find that nowhere in history has the role of eunuchs been political--it has always been administrative.

Just don't suggest the same principle for forum moderators!

Would it have worked with Silvio Berlusconi early on? After all there would be not so much fraternizing with much younger women.
But I don't think castration for instance made Alessandro Moreschi a better singer as there are stacks of mediocre male singers that can sound just as good if they just simply sing falsetto all the way and without all the pain and trouble that Moreschi went through. As for politicians the only difference would speaking in falsetto and there would little of no gain for a whole lot of pain.

Didn't Imperial China have castrated mandarins/eunuchs to serve the emperor? Weren't there still palace intrigues?

if only pollies were motivated by sex and not economy.

I didn't need to read all that.

I think they should all be castrated regardless.

denying a male a sexual life in such a brutally final manner, is a ghastly and inhumane thing to do to another sentient being, IMHO.

The new anti-social proposed personality disorder criteria in the DSMV, fits the stereotypical behavior of politicans well.

High testosterone levels have been linked to anti-social personality disorder in both men and woman. That's not too surprising because high testosterone levels are linked with lower levels of empathy and callous behavior, also.

It's pretty obvious that most politicans have high testosterone levels, men and woman.

If male politicians were castrated, should female politicians that appear to have higher levels of testosterone than others, i.e. Sarah Palin, receive some type of testosterone reduction therapy?

What about the news media? Bill O'Reilly and Ann Coulter, come to mind for some reason.


The relationship of testosterone and politics makes alot of sense I think.

From a quick glance at the politicans that represent each side, I think it is fairly reasonable to assume that Republicans have higher levels of testosterone, and represent more of a Patriachal constituency than Democrats that represent more of an egalitarian constituency.

As far as social programs go, there is more evidence of a callous attitude toward the needs of others, in the Republican party. Evident in slang used toward the democratic party, with phrases like the party that backs a "nanny state".

And then of course, the comments against Obama, attacking his perceived masculinity, with comments by right wing media hosts, like he was seen "relaxing on the beach smoking Virginia Slims on his vacation."

One recent study in Denmark showed that men born in the 1920's had 14 percent higher levels of testosterone than men born in the 1960's. And, a study from the US, back in 2006, replicates this same general finding showing that 60 year old males in 1988 had a 15 percent higher rate of testosterone than 60 year old males measured in 2003.

And, yet another study indicates that close to 40 percent of men in the US age 45 and older have signs of very low testosterone, below that of what is considered normal for a 70 year old man.

There are various theories of why, but as a whole it appears that entire generations of males in societies in some western developing countries are in effect, getting castrated to a degree.

If this trend continues, in the future, it could mean the end of Republican controlled politics, and a more Egalitarian way of life in the US. The fight against this is intense, but biology could make a difference.

Unfortunately though, patriarchy is still a way of life in middle eastern countries, with males maintaining reproductive control, through cultural restraints. The threat of egalitarianism, from western countries, strikes at the chord of reproductive control. That could potentially be one of the underlying issues that eventually leads to world wide conflict.