It’s interesting that the eunuchs studied by Min, Lee, and Park, who died before and around 1805, seem to have outlived their contemporaries by a greater number of years than eunuchs studied by Hamilton and Mestler, who were born between 1871 and 1932, outlived contemporary institutionalized intact males by. Further, my post argues that eunuchs in the 21st century will outlive contemporary intact men by less than eunuchs in Hamilton & Mestler outlived their own intact counterparts.
This is interesting because it suggests that the causes of death which contribute to eunuchs having longer life expectancies than intact men have are, weighted by how much they so contribute, also more likely than not to be causes of death which have contributed more to historical men having lower life expectancies than men in the 21st century have. It’s as if some historical causes of death, like tuberculosis, weakly tend to be fundamentally easier to do work on than others, in that they can be successfully approached from multiple angles if they can be successfully approached at all.
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It’s interesting that the eunuchs studied by Min, Lee, and Park, who died before and around 1805, seem to have outlived their contemporaries by a greater number of years than eunuchs studied by Hamilton and Mestler, who were born between 1871 and 1932, outlived contemporary institutionalized intact males by. Further, my post argues that eunuchs in the 21st century will outlive contemporary intact men by less than eunuchs in Hamilton & Mestler outlived their own intact counterparts.
This is interesting because it suggests that the causes of death which contribute to eunuchs having longer life expectancies than intact men have are, weighted by how much they so contribute, also more likely than not to be causes of death which have contributed more to historical men having lower life expectancies than men in the 21st century have. It’s as if some historical causes of death, like tuberculosis, weakly tend to be fundamentally easier to do work on than others, in that they can be successfully approached from multiple angles if they can be successfully approached at all.