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Title
George Washington Carver: Was he Gay, Transgendered, or Spiritually Asexual?
Subject
A most unusual theory of his self-castration is that he wanted to be celibate by choice despite having any sexual urges towards either women or men. But in that case, would he be a gay man? History initially refused the idea he could be gay. More recently, history has presumed him to be gay, but other evidence suggests he either could be transgendered, asexual, or both.
Description
Carver may have been spiritually asexual, preferring celibacy to his desire for sexual expression which he may have seen as a distraction from his intimacy with God. Removing his penis might be how he curbed his desire.
He intimated as much in his short article entitled "Tied Only to the God of the Flowers."
In the video 'How to Hear God Carver states:
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour if we will only tune in."
Expressing his sexuality might have been seen by such a devout person as getting in the way of his tuning into God.
Perhaps it was not merely devotion that would make him prefer asexual celibacy; it also could be part of his scientific discipline.
According to Dao, Carver once said, "I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless."
Here Carver declares that when he is tuned in, God spontaneously gives him the methods by which to conduct his research and produce new products.
Not only did Carver create many products from the peanut this way. He also created over three hundred different color dyes from the Alabama red clay.
He intimated as much in his short article entitled "Tied Only to the God of the Flowers."
In the video 'How to Hear God Carver states:
"I love to think of nature as an unlimited broadcasting station, through which God speaks to us every hour if we will only tune in."
Expressing his sexuality might have been seen by such a devout person as getting in the way of his tuning into God.
Perhaps it was not merely devotion that would make him prefer asexual celibacy; it also could be part of his scientific discipline.
According to Dao, Carver once said, "I never have to grope for methods. The method is revealed at the moment I am inspired to create something new. Without God to draw aside the curtain I would be helpless."
Here Carver declares that when he is tuned in, God spontaneously gives him the methods by which to conduct his research and produce new products.
Not only did Carver create many products from the peanut this way. He also created over three hundred different color dyes from the Alabama red clay.
Source
Dao, C. 2008. Man of Science, Man of God: George Washington Carver. Act & Facts. 37 (12): 8.
https://www.icr.org/article/science-man-god-george-washington-carver
Federer, W. J. 1994. America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations. Coppell, TX: FAME Publishing, 96.
George Washington Carver National Monument website at www.nps.gov/gwca.
Johnson TW, Irwig MS. The hidden world of self-castration and testicular self-injury. Nat Rev Urol. 2014 May;11(5):297-300. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2014.84. Epub 2014 Apr 8. PMID: 24709968.
Aucoin MW, Wassersug RJ. The sexuality and social performance of androgen-deprived (castrated) men throughout history: implications for modern day cancer patients. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Dec;63(12):3162-73. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.007. Epub 2006 Sep 20. PMID: 16989928.
https://www.icr.org/article/science-man-god-george-washington-carver
Federer, W. J. 1994. America's God and Country Encyclopedia of Quotations. Coppell, TX: FAME Publishing, 96.
George Washington Carver National Monument website at www.nps.gov/gwca.
Johnson TW, Irwig MS. The hidden world of self-castration and testicular self-injury. Nat Rev Urol. 2014 May;11(5):297-300. doi: 10.1038/nrurol.2014.84. Epub 2014 Apr 8. PMID: 24709968.
Aucoin MW, Wassersug RJ. The sexuality and social performance of androgen-deprived (castrated) men throughout history: implications for modern day cancer patients. Soc Sci Med. 2006 Dec;63(12):3162-73. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.08.007. Epub 2006 Sep 20. PMID: 16989928.
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Swami Vivekananda, The Secret of Eternal Youth
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