There was another thread on here where the poster described the eunuch community as niche, odd, and abnormal. I'll agree with niche, but not the other two terms.

Most eunuchs are indistinguishable on the street, so I wouldn't say we are particularly odd.

I mainly take exception to being called abnormal, since the word usually refers to something problematic or negative.

I don't think we're abnormal.

In fact, I think we're better adjusted than most non-castrated males.

As we all know, there's a commonly held notion that men think with their penises. Sexual thoughts and urges are a constant distraction for most men.

Eunuchs, on the other hand, can think with better focus. Frankly, I believe I'm a better balanced human being now (sans libido) than I ever was when I had testosterone raging throughout my system.

As it says in my signature, "In many ways, a eunuch is not a damaged human, but an improved one."

Abnormal isn't an appropriate word to describe us.

I prefer exceptional.

I wouldn't put too much stock into what that other poster said.

There are definitely negative and positive connotations to "abnormal" vs. "exceptional." Me, I'm 100% okay if people think I'm a little strange, because I don't really care that much about trying to be "normal." If I was trying to be normal, I would be trying to force myself to be a cisgender heterosexual, and that just sounds like a miserable existence for me, because that's just not who I am. I'm not meant to be on default settings

But society's pressure to conform can be immense. Even though I knew on some level that I was different from a very young age, it took me a while to get to the point where I am now, where I was okay with being "non-standard." I remember being young, and being raised in an highly heteronormative environment, and not understanding that other options even existed. It took growth for me to be okay with who I actually am, but I wouldn't trade that journey for the world. I love the queer and nonbinary community I've found and am blessed enough to be a part of.

To be honest, I'd rather be a freak who understood who they were and was living their truth than yet another "normal" person just regurgitating dogma without interrogating it, without knowing why they believed what they believed...that's the miserable-sounding existence to me. And I'm glad I've never really trucked with the idea of "being manly" and needing to constantly prove my masculinity to myself and others. That sounds exhausting.