Tina Brown

It's one of the biggest fibs going that American newspapers are now being forced to give up their commitment to investigative reporting. Most of them gave up long ago as their greedy managements squeezed every cent out of the bottom line and turned their newsrooms into eunuchs.

American Editor

Christian McKay

I was at the Royal Shakespeare Company, where I thought, in my naivete, I'd stay for the rest of my career. I'd thought I'd work up through the ranks and go from spear carrier - or in my case, the eunuch, which was several rungs below the spear carrier - to King Lear.

English Actor

Javed Jaffrey

There is a very thin line when a man plays woman. If you're not careful, you may end up looking like a eunuch. If you don't enact your role properly, you can look very bad.

Indian Actor

Howard Fast

A critic is a eunuch working in a harem. He watches it, but he knows he can't do it. Critics very often are failed writers and, like failed priests, they hate religion.

American Novelist

Tom Stoppard

The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.

English Dramatist

Brendan Behan

Critics are like eunuchs in a harem; they know how it's done, they've seen it done every day, but they're unable to do it themselves.

Irish Dramatist

Vishwajeet Pradhan

Explaining to my children, especially my daughter, that I will be dressed as a woman, and will be playing a eunuch was a tough task.

I played a eunuch in 'Shabnam Mausi' with Ashutosh Rana and no one even knew when the film released.

J. Paul Getty

I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.

American Businessman

Jed S. Rakoff

Judges have to be neutral, but they don't have to be eunuchs.

American Judge

Understand that 'eunuch' often refers to historical roles, not common in modern times.

Historical Context

Use with care; it can be a sensitive topic because it involves castration.

Cultural Sensitivity

'Eunuch' can also metaphorically imply someone lacks power or influence.

Associations

Know it's used to suggest someone is powerless or lacks effectiveness.

Figurative Meaning

Despite its modern usage, it can offend if misunderstood as the historical meaning.

Potential Offense

It's often used in political contexts to describe a lack of autonomy or influence.

Political Context

 the divinely chaotic energy that gives spark to the universe. Inanna delighted in all forms of sexual expression and was considered so powerful that she transcended gender boundaries, as did her earthly attendants, who could be prostitutes, eunuchs or cross-dressers.

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