Spado

Spado

spa·​do | \ ˈspā(ˌ)dō\
plural spadones\ spāˈdō(ˌ)nēz , spəˈd-​ \
1: a castrated man or lower animal
2: an impotent person

The population of men I belong to, and seek to study, are chemically or medically castrated.  I would like to propose the term spado for such men, who might be considered as a subset of eunuchs.  

Critical Spado Studies  A subfield of gender studies, concerned with understanding masculinities through the lens of the spado:  a masculine critical identity from which gender, sexuality, society and politics can be viewed and understood uniquely.  

As a near synonym to eunuch or castrato, but without the specific cultural histories, spado seems like an appropriate term for the identity I hope to define.  This masculine identity category, as I imagine it, should be open to any who wishes to claim it. I conceptualize it as a masculinity, might include men like myself, cancer patients who take ADT as part of their treatment.  It might include trans men and trans women, and any other men who relate to the core experience.  

Who are these men, the spadones, and what are they experiencing in gender and sexuality as they undergo hormonal changes?  Are they like me, who let go of masculinity and drifted into the non-binary? Or are they like my Immerman Angel, who went to every length to keep his erections, who clung to his masculinity, his sexuality, his roles as husband and father?