Lumifer comments on Effects of Castration on the Life Expectancy of Contemporary Men - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Lumifer 20 August 2015 08:42:30PM 1 point [-]

Flabby muscles, lack of courage, etc. are entirely consistent with low (or absent) testosterone. After all, testosterone is the reason why men compete in sports separately from women and are, generally speaking, more aggressive than women.

However general flabbiness does not imply a short life. I wonder if there were social or cultural reasons why Egyptian eunuchs didn't live long.