the male ego vs. the eunuch ego

[mounds_dont]

We were having a great discussion on the topic of FaceBook groups.
As good discussions go, many things were discussed as the threads rambled around.

"Are eunuchs' egos as fragile as intact mens' egos? I guess the question assumes men have fragile egos and by extension, so do eunuchs.

Eunuchs art not in competition for the sexual attention of women. So there is none of that 'showing off' stuff that goes on.
We don't have anything to prove.

Ideas?

[WheelyFixed]

Well, it seems to me that a huge amount of that male showing off boils down to trying to prove ones "superiority" at whatever in an effort to get female attentions... Whether it is a 'sexy car' (how many guys try to pick up chicks while driving a mini-van?) or skin tight shirts showing off the pecs, or waving lots of money around, elaborate grooming, and so on the bottom line usually amounts to "will this get me laid?"

Once the guy has caught (or been caught by (is there a difference?)) a partner most usually lose a lot of the more conspicuous showing off - they call this "settling down" - but really it also amounts to not having to 'prove' superiority - his lady proves that he succeeded....

The ego puncturing usually boils down to showing that the superiority being claimed is not as great as it is advertised as being... Either he gets rejected by the ladies, or some other guy beats him in the superiority game...

As M-d said, as eunuchs we aren't really in that competition, so nothing to prove, and nothing to really take away from us...

As a side note, looking back at my life, I never really played those 'guy games' of superiority, as I thought they were mostly rather silly and pointless... I'd always pick the boring utilitarian vehicles. I got good basic clothes not fashionable ones. I basically didn't spend money on cosmetic products. I wasn't interested in risking injury playing sports, and so on... I also wasn't all that interested in women from a sexual standpoint - I liked the idea of partnering with one, but it wasn't a priority, and certainly wasn't worth a lot of sacrifices in other parts of my life to get... Perhaps that was an aspect of what I now see as my unrecognized desire to be a eunuch...

WheelyFixed