“The eunuch was appointed to guard the royal harem due to his castration, ensuring there would be no risk of inappropriate relationships.”

“A descendent of a famous eunuch of the Ching Dynasty is suing a Taipei hospital for medical malpractice.”

“She clapped her little white hands for her attending eunuch, and let the flabby monster wrap her in her mantle.”

“So virility was manliness as opposed to eunuchism, and a virago was a woman acting like a man.”

“From her epoch, eunuchism has become an inseparable attendant on Oriental despotism, and has so continued to the present day.”

“The relations that from eunuchism led to pederasty are very easy of explanation.”

“Only in the domestic sphere did they remain predominant, and the top of that pyramid was now occupied by the court eunuchs.”

“While the eunuchs danced, men held money over the heads of people they wanted to honour.”

“A small number of eunuchs are hermaphrodites, possessing both male and female characteristics, or transvestites.”