1
: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace
2
: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
3
: one that lacks virility or power
political eunuchs
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Health Voluntary eunuchs: Why do some men choose castration?
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
Jinshi is actually the emperor’s younger brother and is merely using being a eunuch as cover.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Jinshi is presented as one of the court’s many eunuchs who surprisingly handles very important business that keeps the royal palace functioning smoothly.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew that some men are born eunuchs.
—Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Every Gosling performance — whether the Plasticine eunuch Ken in Barbie or the junkie schoolteacher in Half Nelson, a psychotic getaway man in Drive or a jazz pianist in La La Land — seems unreal, a kind of stunt.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024
The current sanctuary, built after fire destroyed the first in 1897, has a stained glass window depicting the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
Ken is the first man—or, technically, eunuch—many little girls will ever see nude.
—Longreads, 20 July 2023
The early Christian community carried on this tradition of welcome, readily baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39).
—oregonlive, 9 July 2023
Big Think, 24 June 2024
Jinshi is actually the emperor’s younger brother and is merely using being a eunuch as cover.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Jinshi is presented as one of the court’s many eunuchs who surprisingly handles very important business that keeps the royal palace functioning smoothly.
—Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 31 May 2024
Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew that some men are born eunuchs.
—Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Every Gosling performance — whether the Plasticine eunuch Ken in Barbie or the junkie schoolteacher in Half Nelson, a psychotic getaway man in Drive or a jazz pianist in La La Land — seems unreal, a kind of stunt.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024
The current sanctuary, built after fire destroyed the first in 1897, has a stained glass window depicting the baptism of the Ethiopian eunuch.
—Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
Ken is the first man—or, technically, eunuch—many little girls will ever see nude.
—Longreads, 20 July 2023
The early Christian community carried on this tradition of welcome, readily baptizing the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts 8:26-39).
—oregonlive, 9 July 2023
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