The eunuchs They were characters who were always linked in the stories of the different courts of all time, some of them being famous for their political achievements, wealth and social roles.
Historically, the man converted into a eunuch changed to a new social gender condition, receiving different treatment after having received the mutilation of his genitals. This, in turn, generated a change in sexual gender, given that socioculturally, the eunuch it was neither a man nor a woman, being considered as a new social gender, being assigned special functions, including sodomy and the care of the women of the harem.
The culture of turning men into eunuchs it existed in numerous cultures, appearing in the Arab, Chinese, Babylonian, Turkish and Byzantine empires. In the case of ChinaFor example, the eunuchs were employed in the Imperial Palace, initially being criminals and delinquents who received their punishment, but later with time and the growth of the empire, external volunteers were needed to accept the new social condition. Other cases also occurred in the period Baroquewhere were the castrate (literally castrated) used for singing.
In other parts of the world there were also cases of the conversion of men to eunuchs, even in India they continue to exist and not until long ago, there were also cases in Russia.