* The grindcore band Discordance Axis references Absalom at the end of the track entitled Castration Rite.

Castration before puberty ( or in its early stages ) prevents a boy's larynx from being transformed by the normal physiological events of puberty.

Castration of males usually has a pacifying effect on aggressive behavior in males.

Castration of various species in the non-breeding season has no effect on territorial aggression.

There is an urban legend that a CBC announcer once referred to the network on the air as the " Canadian Broadcorping Castration ", which also sometimes remains in use as a satirical nickname.

Castration was typically carried out on the soon-to-be eunuch without his consent in order that he might perform a specific social function ; this was common in many societies.

Castration as part of religious practice, and eunuchs occupying religious roles have been established prior to classical antiquity.

* Long-Term Consequences of Castration in Men: Lessons from the Skoptzy and the Eunuchs of the Chinese and Ottoman Courts, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism December 1, 1999 vol.

The Castration of Uranus ( mythology ) | Uranus: fresco by Vasari & Cristofano Gherardi ( c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence ).

Castration ( also referred to as gelding, spaying, neutering, fixing, orchiectomy, oophorectomy ) is any action, surgical, chemical, or otherwise, by which a male loses the functions of the testicles or a female loses the functions of the ovaries.

Castration was frequently used for religious or social reasons in certain cultures in Europe, the Middle East, South Asia, Africa, and East Asia.

Castration also figured in a number of religious castration cults.

Castration in humans has been proposed, and sometimes used, as a method of birth control in certain poorer regions.

Castration has been used in modern conflicts, such as the Janjaweed militiamen currently () attacking citizens of the Darfur region in Sudan, often castrating villagers and leaving them to bleed to death.

Castration prevents male pattern baldness if it is done before hair is lost.

Castration ( as a metaphor ) also plays an important role in psychoanalytically-influenced literary theory, for example Harold Bloom's The Anxiety of Influence.

Castration is commonly performed on domestic animals not intended for breeding.

* Theresa McCuaig, " Understanding Castration.

* Castration in males.

The Castration of Uranus: fresco by Vasari & Cristofano Gherardi ( c. 1560, Sala di Cosimo I, Palazzo Vecchio, Florence ).

Castration, and the elimination of hormonally driven behavior associated with a stallion, allows a male horse to be calmer and better-behaved, making the animal quieter, gentler and potentially more suitable as an everyday working animal.

Castration ensured that all sins caused by lepost could not be committed.

Castration of the undescended teste ( s ) should be considered for cryptorchid dogs due to the high rate of testicular cancer, especially sertoli cell tumors.

Castration anxiety is the fear of emasculation in both the literal and metaphorical sense.