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Hi all,

I’ve been reading this forum for four years. Now I have a question to ask:

I recently came across a literary sentence that ended with “… but even a eunuch can get angry.”
That did strike me as a bit odd. It’s as if saying “but even a coffee can be black”.
I used to always perceive eunuchs as angry, vengeful people somewhat, given their circumstances, inability to sire an heir, have a family/dynasty of their own… But I might be wrong all together.
What do you think? Does that part of the sentence read odd to you?

Maybe its all to do with gender stereotypes and common misconceptions tying these cultural constructs to biology. Perhaps the author imagines anger to be a "masculine" emotion and has trouble envisaging a eunuch having the cojones to feel something oh-so manly? Maybe done with a touch of irony?

Ah, yes. Thank you so much. I judged it habitually from a strictly historical perspective. I needed to look at it in a broader context. Yes, you are right. Thanks, really!

*.......* , wrong forum perhaps?

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Phaedo wrote:*.......* , wrong forum perhaps?

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No, Phaedo, just an irritant (i.e., Spam). I deleted his posts this morning and Thomas should be removing his membership shortly, but I edited his member name out of your post in the meantime. I'm not in the mood to give him any further publicity.

Best regards,