Let we check a bit more surgical castration
Overall, the testicular and prostate cancer studies did not support a complete lack of sexual capacity and erectile dysfunction following bilateral orchiectomy.
The major findings are summarized as follows:
- Testicular cancer patients who underwent bilateral orchiectomy and who received intramuscular testosterone injections reported loss of libido, decreased arousal, and erectile dys- function. While sexual desire is uniformly reduced or eliminated by bilateral orchiectomy, the capacity to have an erection to sexually stimulating material is not eliminated.
- Self-reports of lack of erectile capacity in the testicular cancer studies were not confirmed by laboratory tumescence readings associated with visual erotic stimulation.
- Among bilaterally castrated men with metastatic prostate cancer who were in their 60s, erectile function measured in the laboratory demonstrated that 50 percent could achieve a functional erection after orchiectomy.
- The study by Greenstein et al.43 of castrated elderly normal men demonstrated that all eight who were only surgically castrated reported reduction in libido and loss of spontaneous erection. These data coupled with the findings of Wille and Beier35 on sex offender castrated per- sons aged 60 years and over, in which only 1 of 13 experienced sexual capacity, suggest that orchiectomy may be an effective method of reducing both libido and sexual recidivism among elderly sex offenders.
While orchiectomy can decrease the intensity of sexual motivation, it does not always eliminate sexual capacity. That is, castrated individuals can achieve erections after surgery.
The data from normal males suggest that erectile capacity occurred in response to stimuli they found to be erotic.
However, these studies used self-report to measure decreases in deviant sexual drive, fantasies, and behavior—a methodology with questionable reliability.
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Overall, the testicular and prostate cancer studies did not support a complete lack of sexual capacity and erectile dysfunction following bilateral orchiectomy.
The major findings are summarized as follows:
- Testicular cancer patients who underwent bilateral orchiectomy and who received intramuscular testosterone injections reported loss of libido, decreased arousal, and erectile dys- function. While sexual desire is uniformly reduced or eliminated by bilateral orchiectomy, the capacity to have an erection to sexually stimulating material is not eliminated.
- Self-reports of lack of erectile capacity in the testicular cancer studies were not confirmed by laboratory tumescence readings associated with visual erotic stimulation.
- Among bilaterally castrated men with metastatic prostate cancer who were in their 60s, erectile function measured in the laboratory demonstrated that 50 percent could achieve a functional erection after orchiectomy.
- The study by Greenstein et al.43 of castrated elderly normal men demonstrated that all eight who were only surgically castrated reported reduction in libido and loss of spontaneous erection. These data coupled with the findings of Wille and Beier35 on sex offender castrated per- sons aged 60 years and over, in which only 1 of 13 experienced sexual capacity, suggest that orchiectomy may be an effective method of reducing both libido and sexual recidivism among elderly sex offenders.
While orchiectomy can decrease the intensity of sexual motivation, it does not always eliminate sexual capacity. That is, castrated individuals can achieve erections after surgery.
The data from normal males suggest that erectile capacity occurred in response to stimuli they found to be erotic.
However, these studies used self-report to measure decreases in deviant sexual drive, fantasies, and behavior—a methodology with questionable reliability.
Previous post
https://t.me/StuproFatti/387