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 When I first started writing about paraphilia (fetishes) for our editor Cara Bruce about four years ago, I sho’nuff discovered some freaky stuff. And I’m not talking enema-freaky or Filthy Sanchez territory here. More like stuff that would make people who vanillas would consider freaky say, “what the… ?” One of the more affecting things I discovered while looking into a more benign form of genitorture (if there is such a thing) was a tiny subculture of men who fantasize about getting castrated. Yup, choppy chop.  And god bless the internet, there were plenty of photos to prove this paraphilia. I’ll never forget flinching from them in the middle of the night in a darkened office on Kearny and Sutter (now hopelessly vacant… sniff… ). Shudder.What freaked me out just as much as the violent nature of this fetish was its catastrophic nature. Imagine having this fetish. You harbor it for, say, 20 years or so, and of course, you can only do it once. I dunno, call me normal or whatever, but it all seems so… temporary. Don’t believe it? Well, here’s some proof: A Michigan engineering student was convicted last week of castrating men for their sexual pleasure. Taiwanese student Shuo-Shan Wang told authorities he performed 50 castrations both in this country and in Australia. Wang, 29, advertised his bizarre services on the website of an international network of men whose fetish is in having their testicles removed. The makeshift surgeon of pleasure was arrested 10 months ago after a man began hemorrhaging outside his home in Detroit, Michigan, following a voluntary castration. Police found the mutilated and bloodied bastard lumbering down the street, and later found his severed nuts in a jar in Wang’s residence. I’d like to take a moment right now to remind everyone that while, yes, I’m a huge smartass and sometimes take certain literary liberties in this column, I really don’t make this shit up. Really. According to court reports, the so-called Kitchen Castrator didn’t charge for the 40-minute procedure, and even shared some dessert with his patient before sending him on his way. What a nice guy. Well, regardless of his bedside manner, and the fact that all of the “victims” put themselves on the chopping block willingly, Wang now faces up to four years in jail after being found guilty of practicing medicine without a license and dispensing prescription medicine without a license. You know, you try to help people… Fetish crimes, Pt. Two Another fetish, if somewhat less violent, landed a Long Beach, Calif., man in the slammer last week after he admitted to attacking women (and two girls) and cutting off their hair to satisfy a hair fetish. The locally infamous Haircut Bandit (known officially as Michael Lynn Howard) pleaded guilty to 10 counts of second-degree robbery and one count of lewd act with a child. The latter charge was filed because one of his victims was 12 at the time. Howard was arrested in January 2002 after targeting six Latinas. In each case, he yanked back the victim's head, snipped as much hair as he could gather and fled.  Officials have said Howard was sexually aroused by the sound of scissors cutting hair.Jesus, why didn’t the guy just become a barber? I mean, sure, this is kind of a funny story, but part of me says this guy was a sick fuck, and no matter how you, um, slice it (no pun intended), having people running around grabbing hot Mexican chicks with a pair of scissors just isn’t good for society. Now that I think about it, the guy’s lucky the cops got him before an equally psycho boyfriend/husband could—this is Long Beach we’re talking about here. I mean, Snoop Dogg may still shout out LBC, but notice how his rich ass is kickin’ it in fucking Simi Valley. That house you saw on MTV’s Cribs wasn’t exactly in the 562, you know. According to the Press-Telegram, by making the plea, Howard avoided a potential 15-year prison sentence if convicted at trial. Victims had testified earlier Howard grabbed their hair with such force that they feared their lives were in danger. Sometimes, he sliced off just a few locks. Other times, he managed to take entire pony tails, they said. When police searched Howard’s apartment, they found locks of women's hair on the floor, in his bed, and in his closet. They also found a score of hair-fetish videos and photographs of nude women getting their hair cut off. Must be, um, Hairly Legal. Sorry. A prostitute who befriended Howard confirmed Howard's hair fetish for police, saying the fetish began when he was five years old. Wow, he must have paid her in Tootsie Pops at that age.
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