self-castration

In Predicting the determined self-castrator Vaughn Bell links and looks at a surprising study looking at psychological attributes that predict which castration enthusiasts who will actually go on to remove their own testicles, in contrast to those who just fantasise about it. That's as far as I got; I couldn't summon the strength to read further, but maybe you can. Those interested will definitely want to check out the essay with which David Foster Wallace opened his essay collection Consider the Lobster  "Big Red Son" opens The American Academy All emergency medicine confirms it: each year…