Romanian Castration Clinic, part 2

After performing 40 castrations, this Dr. was really having a ball

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After Dr. Djanic retired, I was responsible for the surgical 
castration of almost every man and boy who was sentenced to 
asexualization by the 1942 Romanian law "Genetic Rehabilitation and 
Social Hygeine Act."



Like most Romanians, I was vaugly aware of the laws about castration, 
and in high school I even heard of delinquent boys who were sentenced 
to castration. Most Romanians also knew that a certain percentage of 
criminals were sentenced to castration for sex and other crimes.  
What I (and most Romanians) didn't know was the extent of the laws' 
use (and abuse).



After performing about 40 castrations, I began to get very curious 
about the circumstances leading up to them. Why had the authorities 
ordered a particual castration? Why was one boy singled out and 
castrated for stealing a loaf or bread or merely being an orphan? Why 
were some men castrated at 30 years of age after serving 10 years in 
prison? Why where boys of age 12 ordered to be asexualized?



To satisfy my curiousity, I volunteered to sit on the Hygienic 
Evaluation Committee, the group which had to approve every 
castration  before it was carried out. Basically, the committee 
existed to legitimize and give a medical stamp of approval to the 
castrations requested by judges, prison wardens, psychiatrists and 
educational officials.   



The commitee met every Wednesday for an hour and half. During that 
time the 5 committee members had to approve an average of 10 
castration requests.  The first one we review that day was for Erik 
Sommers, a 20-year old boy serving his last two months in the Central 
Romanian Boys Center.  



I read over his file quickly:  He was put in the Boys Center at the 
age of 17 after a female classmate in school accused him of attacking 
her with a sexual intent.  The records indicated that Erik was a 
straight-A student, and strongly denied the charges; he indicated 
that he had in fact refused to date the young woman, and she had 
turned him in to the authorities to get revenge.  



During his first year of incarceration, the Center's psychiatrist had 
recommended that Erik volunteer for asexualization surgery. 
Apparently Erik repeatedly refused the psychiatrists request, and his 
mother we eventually brought in. The psychiatrist convinced the 
mother that the best course of action would be for Erik to volunteer 
for asexuallization, as this would greatly increase his chances of 
getting out of incarceration quickly.  Erik's mother agreed that this 
was in his best interest, and begged him to go along with the 
psychiatrist and apply for voluntary asexualization surgery.  



Erik continued to refuse, and for the next two years thought that he 
had saved himself from the knife.  But now, two months before his 
release, the psychiatrist sent the order out for us to approve Erik's 
involuntary asexualization surgery.   The order had notes attached 
from a recent interview Erik was given by the psychiatrist; he told 
Erik that this was his exit interview, and that if he gave all the 
right answers he would be guarenteed his release date. 



I scanned the attachment:  Erik masterbated approximately 5 times a 
week, a phsyical exam indicated normal to above normal genital 
development. Erik stated that he wished to marry upon his release, 
and work on his father's dairy farm. 



Now it was up for us to approve his involuntary castration. The other 
four members of the committee quickly scanned Erik's file, each 
putting their initials on the document, indicating their approval. 
Now the document was in front of me, and my signature was all that 
stood between Erik and his surgical emasculation.  As I held the 
document in my hands, I could feel myself getting very aroused, and a 
throbbing erection practically pushed the table we were seated at 
into the air.  "Is there a problem with the file?" one of the 
committee members asked.



"No, everything looks great," I said, and put my initials on Erik's 
involuntary asexualization order.  I knew he would be on my operating 
table within a week, and I looked forward to leaving him with an 
empty  ball-sac, a limp shrunken penis and no sex drive for the 
remainder of his life. I imagined him wakeing up after the surgery 
and realizing that he'd been emasculated, asexualized, made into a 
eunuch. 



end, part 2