# Malicious Castration

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-castration/386404>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 2, 2007, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-castration/386404 "2007-01-02T13:41:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-castration/386404/41 "2007-01-03T20:55:39Z")

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What better spot to hang the mistletoe?

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**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2007, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malicious-castration/386404/42 "2007-01-03T21:01:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Shoshana]  
This article doesn’t say what the difference between “malicious” and “non-malicious” is in this context, except that consent is not the issue.  
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See, I would think that “malicious” would be the opposite of “surgical” or “medical” or whatever term they’d use when someone is castrated with their permission. Though I’m having difficulty imagining a scenario in which someone would grant that permission.  
(I know chemical/surgical castration has been a punishment option for sex offenders. Or something. Actually, I have no idea; I may have heard that somewhere or completely made it up. Just ignore this whole parenthetical section.)

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