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Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood

By Gary Taylor. Routledge, New York, 2002, 304 pp., $34.95 (paperback)

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  1. Richard Wassersug

    Present address: Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Victoria, 3000, Australia

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  1. Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, B3H 1X5, Canada

    Richard Wassersug

  2. 103 Fox Rd, Unit 623, Waltham, MA, 02451, USA

    Tucker Lieberman

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Wassersug, R., Lieberman, T. Castration: An Abbreviated History of Western Manhood. Arch Sex Behav 40, 205–207 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-011-9739-z

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