The Little-Known Female Eunuchs of Ancient China: The Pain of Castration and Their Tragic Fate

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

What a mercy for those girls who were eliminated due to perceived imperfections

[@SimonCU]

3:40 I dont know if this is fake or not but for the speaker to say they smell their armpits on Asian teenage girls is really not true. Asians dont have the genes for smelly armpits in China especially for girls in the age of 13-16. Any Chinese girl of that age can tell you this is not true. Im sure the AI speaker made that up ... if they make that up what else in the video is made up?

[@oana-mariauliu5828]

Most of them were hoping to get a position because their families were starving.

[@mattias5157]

@@oana-mariauliu5828 And because they wanted a life in luxury and close to the power, of course! The possibility to give birth to a prince as well.

[@mattias5157]

It´s always fun to see women being wise on behalf of other women. 😄

[@Blooming_Crystals]

@@mattias5157 It's not about 'being wise on behalf of other women; it's about understanding historical realities. Many female eunuchs or palace attendants in ancient China were forced into this life out of desperation, not ambition. Families living in poverty often sold their daughters to ensure survival, as evidenced by historical records. For many, it wasn't about luxury but securing basic safety and food, as well as security amidst systemic oppression. Claiming they 'wanted a life of luxury' dismisses their suffering, and giving birth to a prince was to fit in and higher one's ranks as that was one way during that patriarchal society. Furthermore, historical records such as those in the Book of Han and Zizhi Tongjian document families selling their daughters, often castrating them, in order to escape starvation. This wasn’t a path to 'luxury,' but sheer survival. These women were subjected to cruel practices to serve imperial households, where their primary purpose was obedience, not ambition. Claiming they ‘wanted luxury’ ignores these devastating socio-economic conditions that drove these tragedies and dismisses their suffering. Of course, all of these sufferings were caused by men, obviously. It's always fun to see men think they look wise on behalf of other men.

[@KittymoreJoy]

The girl would go into premature menopause with all the issues that brought along with heath problems if they survived the torture. Premature aging and being barren meant it was unlikely they would find a husband when they left the palace. The family would see them as a burden and cast them out could be what they faced. Their lives and health were destroyed, by such evil. The palace was a Hell hole in so many ways.

[@audreyandlinCompany]

The Arabs & Persians, too.

[@transitionshotline]

I know, but then I look into my own ancestral history way back on the Viking Ships, Norman conquests, and medieval Europe. It's no less horrifying. The propensity for heinous torture and execution seems to be present in the roots of all known civilizations. Anyone of European descent has this in their ancestral DNA as well.

[@MathildaFlow]

@@transitionshotlineDo you have a source so site or are you just slandering Scandinavians casually because you’re jealous of our beauty and fairness?

[@transitionshotline]

@@MathildaFlow I am talking about my own ancestry and making clear references to actual history. Look it up. Google is your friend.

[@diasmemorylane5827]

​@MathildaFlow I'm rolling my eyes at you. How self absorbed can a person get?

[@irawilliams343]

Its stories like this that make me grateful to be born in the modern era.

[@emilysandstrom2476]

and not oriental

[@hdajq892ey7]

@@emilysandstrom2476 wouldnt want my head cut off either

[@elisemiller13]

@@emilysandstrom2476 Asian is the term, unless you wish to offend someone...you're welcome

[@nancylowe2692]

I saw an old movie about ancient China where, because the Emperor or slave owner liked his girls to have extremely pale skin. So, to take the rosy hue from their skin, they were immersed in barrels of water containing leeches, which would suck their blood. Then they would recover for a few weeks until the leech suction marks would be gone. Then, before the pink came back into their cheeks, they were then ready to be seen by her owner. What in the world is wrong with people?!?

[@CATAGUILAR]

Okay BUT American and European women ingested Arsenic to create a pale skin... Is that any better ?

[@AnneKidd-k9f]

At least it was their choice ​@@CATAGUILAR

[@yugandali]

Unless you can give me a better reference than an old movie, I'm going to be skeptical about this. (FYR~ I teach Chinese Lit in Taiwan)

[@lolaloliepop]

@@CATAGUILAR yes, because they did it by their own choice and weren't tortured with it openly. These are wildly different levels of awful. You're basically saying makeup is just as bad as going through full body surgery without anesthesia.

[@denisem1080]

Sounds strange, but crazy enough to be real I'll google Thanks for the info

[@SiaD777]

Even worse, in Vietnam any woman who tried to escape the palace harem had all 4 limbs amputated and they were kept alive and put on a pedestal where all the other women would walk past them every day to serve as a warning. Unbelievably wicked and tragic. The mental agony they must have gone through defies belief. 😢

[@healing682]

horrific :(

[@TheNordicharps]

Good Grief 😱

[@TiTem-p6y]

In which dynasty did this happen because I'm pretty sure not all dynasties did this.

[@frederiquecouture3924]

Gross Cultures obsessed with entertainment -rape on-going studies. In 2024!

[@frederiquecouture3924]

@@TiTem-p6yWitnesses!

[@beitangmoran1218]

It's ironic that they sought out physically perfect girls as maids and then ruined their bodies with brutal punishments and who knows how many other inhuman things.

[@wulfiii1490]

I swear all of human history revolves around pleasing a few men.

[@annamorgan3431]

Hmmmm Interesting idea ! !! You have a point !

[@charlesrobert6211]

There are still plenty of Ahab and Jezebels in the world. Ms. Chole a nineteen -year-old testified in congress how transgender activist brain washed and manipulated her at age 13 to go through a process that has left her physically and emotionally destroyed for life. Sexual sadists continue to thrive to this day.

[@dgk42]

I don't have a need to be part of those few men. So I know I wont have a place in history.

[@64MDW]

Right...nice try. Women are never accountable for their own actions. Tell that to Calpurnia, Mary Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I, Jiang 'Madame Mao' Qing, Lucretia Borgia, Elena Ceausescu, and Hillary Clinton.

[@lesliegums5119]

@wulfiii1490 so why do they want to become women. As soo as you cut off the gonads the whole system is fkd up. Our bodies are run on hormones..when that chemical balance and symbiosis is altered the body and mind suffers. We all know what that's all about, those of us who have reached that magical age and the tarnished golden years..granted a 12 yo down to infant has no clue but once you have reached an age to have gained some wisdom and understanding of your physiology, why? What's the carrot being dangled to make a man want to be a woman.. of course were already seeing the suicides after the surgeries. I worked as a stylist back in the 70s in Miami and the central, southamerican males would come to our salon for electrolysis. It became a cult like activity and that's when we started seeing the suicides. Lovers followed lovers and brothers followed brothers, etc. Can't believe we've come to this 50 years later after seeing that result 50 years ago. What's that about being doomed to repeating history?

[@xkirax2997]

I watched an old Chinese movie, "Raise the Red Lantern," and the fate of female maids and concubines didn't change much in the 1920s either.

[@Fiddling_while_Rome_burns]

I saw the movie when it came out. The same directer made many other great movies. Raise the Red Lantern was made as a propaganda movie to promote the Chinese Communist Party (like his previous movie, Red Sorghun), showing how communism had made the lives of Chinese women's better.

[@ayeshajacobs4374]

One of my all time favourite Asian movies.

[@fvrrljr]

*love that movie*

[@geegeelast7597]

One of my favorite films.

[@jandrews6254]

@@Fiddling_while_Rome_burnsa pity the CCP didn’t elevate the status of females to counterbalance the preference for males. So instead of millions of female infants being murdered to get around the one child policy with the CCP turning a blind eye to the practice, there would have been a proper balance between the sexes instead of the unbalanced mess it is now.

[@John_Pace]

The cruelty inflicted by powerful women on women of lesser status is horrific.

[@voraciousreader3341]

They simply imitated men, or do you believe that women have had the same power as men have throughout history, and even to the present day?? Let’s be honest, please.

[@alex52043]

@@voraciousreader3341 This comment is more sexist toward women than 99% of modern misogyny. Women are capable of free will which means women are capable of evil.

[@JaneAustenAteMyCat]

The whole thing is a product of patriarchy

[@realmofthesenses]

Forced sterilization of women and men (boys) was done in 20th century United States to native Americans, AfricanAmericans, and so called white trash. It happened in Western Europe too. Supposedly the basis for this was a modern version of socalled eugenetics that was born in the UK (scientst Francis Galton). But the idea is as old as the world I guess. Wether it´s forced steriliztion, forced abortion, killing of babies (often girls), etc. etc.

[@robertarisz8464]

Why not simplify your statement so that it is more universally true? How about "the cruelty inflicted by the powerful on the lesser status is horrific"?

[@gwendolynsnyder463]

It's ironic, how the foot binding automatically caused a hunched back, yet it was considered unattractive. It's almost as if they could have gotten that issue out of the way by simply not binding little girl's feet?

[@yugandali]

Most of the palace maids went home with great memories and a good sum of money. Keep your head down and you can basically retire at 25, not too bad. In the Qing, they chose mostly maids who had not had their feet bound, because they had work to do.

[@lesliegums5119]

@gwendolynsnyder463 The bound foot was considered very sexually attractive. The men liked to wash, massage lotion into and fondle the "lotus flower ". That was their description of this mangled foot. But the underlying theory was control..these women couldn't escape and that turned these little needle dicks on. Studied this back when in college i took sociology and because it was part of a criminal justice degree I went towards the socially deviant.. why i understand the perverse demonrats and Joe, little girl sniffing, buydung.

[@kahluadragon8263]

Women in modern days wear stilletos in daily life... It's seen as a sign of feminism(!) so let's not mock those ancient practices and feel like we're superior

[@allisoncowen9691]

This is all after foot binding, which was done at age 5 or so. It's hard to believe people can survive this level of torture.

[@markhatfield5621]

People in this country have deformed feet from the shoes we wear, it's just not as extreme.

[@jeannerogers7085]

@@markhatfield5621No comparison.

[@razellrudman1381]

It's fitting these repulsive customs were relegated to the trash heap of history because they only served the egos of a select few.

[@vhawk1951kl]

good god you didn't*believe* that guff did you? Somebody has clearly won some bet.

[@razellrudman1381]

@@vhawk1951kl Oh, I see; it's all satire. Very funny. This video barely scratched the surface. That guff was much worse. Search Life inside the Forbidden City: How women were selected for service.

[@markschuler1511]

​@vhawk1951kl yeah, someone bet an idiot would make a stupid comment..🙄...THEY WON! 🏆 (hey, maybe you'll get a cut!) 😅

[@andromedaspark2241]

@vhawk1951kl perhaps before you automatically dismiss it, you could do a modicum of reading about it. "Eunuchs" isn't used the same way, the word is translated poorly. Other than the poor word choice, the rest of it is true and a pale shadow of what servants male or female endured. Look up Life in the Forbidden City. Also look up the word eunuch in Chinese or Hindi; it doesn't clearly indicate castrated male from what I just read. I looked up information after the video for comparison. This is accurate.

[@bettynewberry1]

I thought I had a rough upbringing, but at least I did not have to go through what these women suffered. Hard to imagine women being so vicious but some of them are.

[@ladybug591]

WE now have unsuitable, ill-educated women, in many leadership roles in our society, putting out more suited men who have expertise and understanding. Too many angry, vengeful feminists are in our universities screaming for the murder of all Jewish people, we have them in our politics now encouraging the lgbtq+ mutilation of young children to be the playthings of deviant people, we have them infiltrating the churches, the job market with their DEI madness and strange compulsions. We all seem to confuse "tolerance" and "compassion" for bizarre behaviors, as some sort of virtuous behavior on our part. We are practicing crazy upside-down forms of distorted "christian" "kindness" and apathy. We - the people themselves - need to stop this corruption of our most basic values, morals and ethics. Feminists want power and are no different, just crueler, than most men.

[@Takillama]

My aunt used to tell me that the only thing the patriarchy was successful in doing was making women hate themselves and each other. History proves her statement to be right, sadly. Things like this happened in every country, to all people. Different countries and races aren't as different as we think we are. We all bleed red, and we all suffered under the patriarchy. At least now we have a more educated society, and we have recorded history to show us what not to do. That is, if anyone is taught world history and vows to never repeat the mistakes from the past.

[@alex52043]

So what I'm hearing is that chinese politics provided an evolutionary pressure to be ugly. If you were too beautiful you would not pass on your genes.

[@eh1702]

I think you're underestimating the size of the population. Five thousand was a drop in the bucket even then.

[@shiNIN42]

Tons of beautiful girls weren't selected, obviously.

[@MusicEchos]

Makes me value our freedoms and rights.

[@MollyRead-w3q]

We are losing them with trump in office. Womens rights are seriously threatened.

[@ladybug591]

@@MollyRead-w3q You are not thinking things through at all. In Western societies women have the same God given rights as men and they cannot be taken away. Be thankful you are living in America. Time will prove you wrong, if modern feminist women stop the ridiculous promiscuity and the killing of innocent babies by abortion, then people would respect you again. YOU have taken away the respect that decent women still get. You, as feminists, have thrown yourselves under the bus and until you stop performing the lowest form of sex and contraception, via abortion, then you will remain disrespected and be known as cruel women. It's up to you.

[@BeeboBee]

If you’re in the US, those rights are going away quite soon…

[@AJA-ie5uu]

It should make ALL of us value those rights and remember how hard fought for they have been over the years.

[@audreyandlinCompany]

If the women who were taking drugs to prevent pregnancy, became pregnant and the child survived to birth -- they were usually deformed or "special needs" children -- and seen as a curse.

[@briseboy]

I wasone of those Special Needs children. My Special Need was Surf.

[@nonino1644]

Same in USA in 1940s

[@ivorybow]

This is so vile, it makes me loathe the emperors and the whole sick system. Sick!

[@zyxw2000]

You're still so angry about something hundreds of years ago? Do you think European cultures were any better?

[@Souchi-ito]

​@@zyxw2000we hate them too.

[@judithbatke3169]

@@zyxw2000 But Europe was actually way better in regards to this topic because in the Christian culture only one wife was allowed. And anything else was called adultery and was condemned by the powerful church and the public. Made such horrific actions obsolete. A king with several wife was unthinkable. He could have mistresses and bastards in secret but his heir had to be born from his legal wife. Henry VIII of England for example struggled hard with these conditions.

[@shiNIN42]

@@zyxw2000 People can feel empathy and being mad, feeling sick etc. about things happened in thousands of years ago too... I know the feeling very much. Europe was bad too, sure. The Chinese system was something special though. But yes, obviously we feel bad for Europeans too. Ancient and current ones alike, it's not like everything is nice now... Just better. Just because people had and have MUCH worse elsewhere, I can somewhat feel with people who suffer. You can't tell people what they should feel, it doesn't work like this.

[@ladybug591]

@@zyxw2000 We are still facing such cruel evil in modern times - evil people are always amongst us. There is no moral equivalence - Christianity has always moved European/Western cultures, and their people, towards being a better person. Other cultures have leaders who move towards having power over the people using cruelty and fear. They have no concern for the death of millions. We see this every time totalitarians move into our systems. We are presently in a battle of good versus evil in 2024 with those who have infiltrated our systems right now. Which side are you on? These are times to take sides against evil and cruelty as a ruling principle and replace them with rule by the people however long it may take. No-one is perfect but we try.

[@ial927]

History has proven how fear, greed, jealousy can make one cruel.

[@scdundee12]

Even today 😢

[@scallopohare9431]

That would have been a screening one would hope to fail.

[@jacqueboyce3176]

similar to present day north korea. The girls "chosen" are picked out at schools - the parents see it as a great honour.

[@NicolaNicholas-mo6dy]

Why is it that throughout history people have been subjected to the violent kinks of so called powerful people. They’re not people they’re machine like monsters.

[@michaellarson938]

So the narrator said they did not use contraceptives, and then said they use contraceptives. The narrator also keeps repeating himself. Just divulge the information.

[@Lilaeth]

He said they had no 'modern contraceptives'. Most, if not all, ancient cultures still attempted to avoid conception. With varying success.

[@isabelrodriguezsjolund9701]

I'm wondering if it's AI written

[@eh1702]

There were contraceptives known all over the ancient world, including hunter-forager tribal cultures. (This is apart from maintaining breastfeeding, which can help hormonally to keep fertility low.). Many cultures used some variety of ointment/lubricant which they hoped was a spermicide. Barrier methods like moss and sponges were common. Then there were douches - eg wine-vinegar. And abortifacients were known everywhere. Yarrow was commonly used in western Europe,

[@SunnyAndShare]

​@@isabelrodriguezsjolund9701 probably. It's definitely read by AI, so why not

[@yllbardh]

@@isabelrodriguezsjolund9701 written and read.

[@bluerosegurl]

The emperor's wants not needs. he emperor's wants not needs.

[@ris6394]

👏🏻 My first thought. I hate when it’s referred to as “physical needs”. no, u will not die without it so it’s not a needed/necessary thing. It’s a WANT

[@kristinedoty7876]

​@@ris6394Yes, but by thinking of it as needs, men justify their barbarity.

[@jeannecastellano7181]

Yikes! Those poor Chinese women! It's such a radical juxtaposition---an elegant society, but yet so barbaric.

[@catsupchutney]

9:35 gets to the topic

[@hdajq892ey7]

istg this channel really desperate for more view time

[@winstonmiller9649]

Their fate was worse than death. The common people were always undergoing some horrible fate. You just know the contraception medicine was something terrible. Forget being chosen for a palace maid.

[@vhawk1951kl]

Hs it not crossed your mind that you have had your leg well and truly pulled? Female eunuchs- oh come on.

[@rebwolfe2702]

Many went through fgm too

[@BeckyD12341]

Interesting, it seems most of the photos come from the chinese tv series Ru Yi.

[@jenniferbreaux7385]

The more I see, the more pity I feel for women in China.

[@voraciousreader3341]

What about elsewhere around the world, such as genital mutilation in Africa?? Or how women are treated in Muslim hardcore cultures? Among others.

[@mxiivx7610]

Well this video is about china so that's what her comment is referring to. In what way did the OP suggest that non Chinese women don't matter

[@vhawk1951kl]

Hs it not crossed your mind that you have had your leg well and truly pulled? Female eunuchs- oh come on

[@souldancersbyjennifer]

"Ancient China". They're doing pretty good now...

[@andersen6422]

The long history of objectification of girls and women, and the violence committed against them if they did not submit, it truly horrific.

[@trejea1754]

It is not correct to say females were castrated; that is limited to males.

[@бронза.вафля.конус]

There is physical and medical castration, neither word is specific to only one sex

[@lolaloliepop]

not true. Female castration is still practiced by Muslims around the world (mostly africa though) where they cut off your clit and hope you just don't die of infection or bleed to death. There's also chemical castration.

[@jeannerogers7085]

@@бронза.вафля.конус In English, castration😊 is a term reserved for sterilizing males.

[@magentamonster]

And nor is what they did to them comparable to castration. The female counterpart of castration is removing ovaries, which wasn't possible at the time. Unless the concubine got the palace punishment, she wasn't even sterilised, but rather made to take contraceptives and abortifacents if pregnant. And the term "eunuch" is certainly not applicable to these women, given that what they went through was nothing like castration. Calling biological females "eunuchs" is always a metaphor, and a ridiculous one in this case.

[@charlenenowicki9671]

Correct. In Africa, however, certain societies/tribes had (still have, I believe!) a custom of removing the clitoris of female children. I suppose they thought that if the female could not experience pleasure physically from that organ, then she was no threat to their belief system.

[@jessicamoores6138]

Wow, I did not know this. Thank You for educating us. Take Care Out There Everyone ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@DaybreakSystem-x8q]

horror after horror after horror

[@believeinpeace]

Thank you. So sad, but very interesting!!

[@EileenBZhou]

Thanks for the History lesson.

[@mindarshi]

in qing dynasty there might be Guān nǚzǐ (serving maids) who served the emperor in bed but also worked as maid

[@StephanieVaughan-tf9ug]

This is so sad. These women were tortured by other women older than them?! Wow. I'm glad our world is getting more humane (trying to get there anyway!)

[@jenniferbreaux7385]

I had no idea.

[@tufsoft1]

Fate of male eunuchs wasn't particularly tragic, most of them volunteered for the chop because it meant a lucrative career in the palace.

[@lisalarouge6309]

I think you’re wrong about that.

[@CreativeArtandEnergy]

Other videos say that their families were offered money and status in return for their service.

[@sonniepronounceds-au-ni9287]

It was tragic. Most eunuchs were castrated as young boys without much say in the matter. It's easier to do when they are younger, and that's how they get their more feminine qualities. It's done in early puberty.

Their FAMILIES did this to them in children in almost all cases. There were few exceptions. And imagine the kind of horrible desperation that would drive an adult to have this done to themselves just to financially survive. It was tragic indeed.

[@eh1702]

Don’t be naive. They were mostly castrated as children. Many had no clue what was in store for them. Generally they were younger “extra” sons of poor families, who got volunteered by their fathers.

[@sueschreck8452]

Some African countries still do this, too. 😥

[@marypatton1122]

The curse of beauty.

[@souldancersbyjennifer]

Wow...I learned a lot about Chinese history over the years. Have never heard of such practices...

[@mariafont8826]

Parece mentira que estas cosas, estas costumbres, hayan subsistido durante siglos. Es asombroso cómo la crueldad con quien era de baja casta era vista como algo normal y aceptable. Terrible.

[@paddy654]

Todavía existen estos costumbres in algunas culturas orientales😢😢

[@brim89]

I don’t know why the consorts not keep the baby. Claim that they were pregnant. Cause some of those women don’t carry a baby or get pregnant.

[@nonino1644]

They did.

[@nonino1644]

They did

[@vhawk1951kl]

Tee hee, the bet was probably, that there is no limit to the passive credulity of the kinderlander -mercans. I wonder how much they bet- the usual $1 presumably Do you not know what the word" eunuch " *means*? Then there was the story of the poor father of five who became pregnant by an invisible Antarctican water-buffalo even after* .... *His* hysterectomy; I forget how many fell for that.

[@jessicachineyenwaonovo-mic3506]

@@nonino1644 Is there a movie or series that depicts this,that is,concubines collecting children from maids or female eunuchs ?

[@pamelamyers9613]

How about citing some sources for your info?

[@illuminatusdeus3051]

Eunuchs of the forbidden city were powerful... like they held real power outside the court, sometimes in the court. But what women did to their feet, mutilating them for aesthetic appearance is quite horrendous.

[@Nyctophora]

Their own mothers did it to them as children, and yes, I agree! Evil.

[@daeseongkim93]

It was mainly a Manchu custom of the Qing Dynasty as were the queue ponytail hair style for men

[@illuminatusdeus3051]

@@daeseongkim93 Wikipedia says originated from Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period... didn't have the time to refer to the provided references though...

[@Blooming_Crystals]

They didn't do it to their feet, it would be done to them against their will. And that aesthetic appearance was due to the patriarchal beauty standards, they were also told that if they didn't have it done "no man would marry them", and this was true, many who didn't have it done were singled out and unmarried, considered like outcasts in society. It was also to control and make women physically lame and restrict her power.

[@Blooming_Crystals]

@@illuminatusdeus3051 The practice of foot binding in China began during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE), although it became widespread during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) and continued for about a thousand years until it was officially banned in the early 20th century. Foot binding involved tightly wrapping the feet of young girls to prevent them from growing normally, often resulting in a condition called lotus feet, where the feet would remain very small, typically around 3 inches in length. The practice became more widespread and entrenched during the Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE), where it was linked to elite social status and ideals. Wikipedia's claim that foot binding originated during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907-960 CE) is likely based on interpretations from various sources, but it doesn't fully account for the earlier origins of the practice during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE). Historians and scholars, such as Christina K. Gilmartin in "The Origins of Footbinding" and Paul S. Ropp in "The Culture of China," have established that the practice began earlier, during the Tang period, and grew significantly in prominence during the Song Dynasty. Wikipedia's claim that foot binding originated during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period (907-960 CE) is likely based on interpretations from various sources, but it doesn't fully account for the earlier origins of the practice during the Tang Dynasty (618-907 CE). Historians and scholars, such as Christina K. Gilmartin in "The Origins of Footbinding" and Paul S. Ropp in "The Culture of China," have established that the practice began earlier, during the Tang period, and grew significantly in prominence during the Song Dynasty. Wikipedia can be useful for quick summaries, but its content is not always verified and can sometimes be inaccurate since it's based on user-generated contributions. You should actually refer to authentic historical sources, for reliable information, such as academic journals or books. Or websites that quote these sources, rather than user-generator contributions. In fact, if you scroll down a page on Wikipedia, you'll find an "edit" button, that will literally allow you to edit everything on the page and even add incorrect information there. So it is not reliable.

[@TaintedGenre]

Where can I find more information about the 'palace punishment' and how they removed the uterus? Just interested in medically how that worked.

[@wildsquirrelswildsquirrel7286]

Just the external part of the genitalia was mutilated or the female breasts. There wasn't any removal of the uterus done.

[@elianafreeman9891]

me too

[@zyxw2000]

Have you tried a book or info on the web?

[@realmofthesenses]

@@zyxw2000 nothing found yet, besides an april fools day post on reddit. And you, did you find information?

[@johnking6252]

I don't think you do !

[@AnnaBrown99]

In qing dinasty, some noble concorts were maids who received favor from the emperor. This female eunuch happens in such a short time bcs it's ridiculous and a rightous emperor will not let it happen

[@yvetteworrall8909]

And the title is ... history and ... cultury... Classic lack of quality research. Or should we say ... qualtury.

[@JJW77]

Interesting story of female eunuchs...

[@maggiematthews3517]

Horrendous. Those poor girls.

[@Nilguiri]

3:11 What th are "short wrists"?

[@maratamas5331]

The pictures are from a beautiful drama The xianxi palace...or smthg like that. amazing movie

[@milo-qh7cv]

by eliminating they meant swords falling on necks. thought times

[@yugandali]

You say the female eunuchs were only for a short period during the Ming. Then why are almost all the pictures of woman wearing Manchu clothing from the Qing? What were the "female eunuchs" called in Chinese? Not 太監, I suppose.

[@Ms.Laterholmes5253]

Funk that… my brain cannot comprehend some of that

[@catzenhouse]

Cultury??

[@AlpenTree]

So what was the procedure did they have a hysterectomy? Or remove their ovaries?

[@tagAught]

According to the video, it was the "Palace Punishment". Which... **shakes head** Very badly read (and not too well written, either).

[@ln8116]

Did the have such skilled surgeons?

[@anneloving8405]

They said how they did it in video.

[@souldancersbyjennifer]

They were either given medications that cause their reproductive health to deteriorate so badly they won't be able to conceive, or were beaten at the uterus until it became permanently damaged. It's there. In the video

[@TheLadybughug]

This is beyond horrific. 😢

[@MirrorMagic-yi2gq]

Just wow

[@Jyromi]

This is how still is going on on working envirorments

[@elizabethannegrey6285]

Utterly barbaric.

[@paulhomsy2751]

How sad, tragic, barbaric and primitive. Just like bounding feet. Please don't tell me bound feet never existed. There are bound feet, clearly stating their origin, at the Museum of Man at the Trocadero in Paris. Some are old, some are not older than a century.

[@serahloeffelroberts9901]

Women with bound feet lived well into the 20th century. Their interviews still exist and plenty of specimens of golden lilly shoes still exist in museum collections.

[@Dietconsulting]

My Mum remembers seeing them in China when she was a child

[@MinnesotaBeekeeper]

Skip ahead to 10:00.

[@g-mas8735]

and it's going on today only being told it's "HEALTH CARE" It's very evil

[@margaretwordnerd5210]

Who told you that? I'm guessing a faith healer who thinks antibiotics are poison and surgery is blasphemous. Or a boss who didn't want to buy health insurance for employees.

[@maryscott9430]

7:07 hmmm i wonder if the concubines ever drigged the emporer so that he fell asleep and stayed in her room.

[@BazColne]

Meandering logic detracts from the story.

[@mikedubovs1574]

As far as I know the emperor had several wife's then extra women and they gave as gifts

[@aramayicart27]

ty

[@johnlemuelm.santiago6036]

If palace maid be out by 25 why there is an old maid in the palace

[@souldancersbyjennifer]

The minority

[@petrabridgemohan7006]

Sadly female mutilation still exisfs certainly in tribal african communities And the horrors kf such babaric practices were not just chines empires but arabic jndian and european too... Glad to be modern day woman able to determine my own rights A d that why trump usa rule to interfere with female reproductive rights is a throwback simila to ancient world

[@MollyRead-w3q]

This is sick sick sick.

[@mikedubovs1574]

Still listening but, how did they surgergically do things to female internals et al.. also they did foot binding which hobbled them and also made them not able to walk or carry or work, it is actually sad that the most beautiful genetic viable to reproduce with.. and this is all very strange today and almost barbaric but this is ancient times vs nowadays

[@nanwuamitofo]

Could have been 8 minutes... @@

[@caragarcia2307]

I don't quite understand why the maids had to look perfect. I don't know what their duties were though. It seems most people just want someone who can clean and maybe cook.

[@ivetgeorgieva8888]

I don't know if this is historically accurate, but in historical chinese dramas the Emperor can sleep with any woman in the Forbidden City, that includes the maids. That could explain the beauty requirement.

[@SWoodcheke]

Because Everthing and everyone had to be pleasing to the eye ... even if they were just cleaning the toilet they had to look good doing it

[@asingleton8295]

Sometimes it pays to have a hunched back.

[@JohnDoe-qc5tq]

First off Cultury is not a word if you can not be grammatically fortuitous you have no place claiming aptitude in any subject.. Secondly learn how to use the language and understand the intricacies of it, your discussions hold no weight when you make up words because you lack the ability to articulate the language. Language is the ability to convey thought spell it wrong for all i care but you need to understand the use of words and the conveyance of thought.

[@JohnDoe-qc5tq]

my apologies I'm just offended you could not use the phrase history and culture, you instead created a word that conveys some vague perception with a lack of specificity, for its meaning, i can be a bit pedantic.

[@bbeloveth53bahtgad37]

Until recent I was never interested in study of Chinese history and culture even indifferent. I've about reached my fill of the cruel treatment of women of all social classes in chinese culture as it is diabolic. Even Cdrama movies are so degrading and violent to women. The ancient chinese poetry and even todays modern love songs are a striking contradiction to the dark side of chinese history and culture in relation to women. I For loss of words can only I'm disappointed was hopeing I had been wrong. Im traumatized ugh 😫

[@Sarahyoutubeaddict]

Barbaric

[@Marilyn-r8n]

They also had their feet bound;

[@PunkDogCreations]

Google Mao's and the Kim's harems. It is tragic.

[@vhawk1951kl]

It has not crossed your mind that you might..... just might, have had your leg well and truly puled? I have heard the some peoples are credulous but surely*No-One* could be *that* credulous!

[@shxna]

So there has never been a time when it was easy to be a woman 😞

[@sharonhyde7735]

It doesn't sound a very nice life, however it shows that women can be very devious because of survival

[@bobbyknight3589]

Horrible narrative

[@timefoolery]

Chenhua!!

[@h.huffen-puff4105]

Good Grief!!!🤦‍♀️

[@dcande01]

The information was interesting, but the Shen Yun indoctrination crap was not appreciated.

[@Sally-j8l]

That's horrible taping the feet was to

[@vhawk1951kl]

I a almost fell for it

[@MarySol-502]

Yeah, the "great" Chinese culture...

[@navem1838]

Horrible.....Poor girls...

[@PeterFreiling-q3v]

All that you describe still happens in North Korea.

[@MichelleyB-zk3eh]

Way too much talking.

[@sueburke6096]

Treated like cattle

[@sideswipe147]

But there's nothing there to castrate...

[@sail4life]

Technically, the removal of the ovaries is also considered castration. This wasn't an option in those days because opening up the abdomen would result in untreatable infection and death due to a lack of powerful antibiotics.

[@sideswipe147]

@sail4life no. Type in castration in google and THIS is what you get. Dictionary Definitions from Oxford Languages · Learn more noun the removal of the testicles of a male animal or man. "the castration of male calves was initiated to reduce fighting"

[@velmacooper6681]

How much of this is just anti Chinese propaganda?

[@toforgetisagem8145]

One wonders.

[@pincheguarito591]

TLDR: Ancient Chinese Plan B

[@CelerySunrise]

in some si get wrecked

[@briseboy]

Did they cut the basketballs off the wnba?

[@elizabethmorgan293]

Not the least bit funny. 😑

[@Timberchase]

Horrible

[@themcool8824]

🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂