Harem of Jewish slave traders to supply eunuchs to harems depended on whether they could acquire castrated males. European artists and writers envisioned and presented the Oriental harem in a romanticized, albeit historically inaccurate manner. The dark eunuch was held as the embodiment of the sensual tyranny that held sway in the fantasized Ottoman palace, for he had been "clipped" or "completely sheared" to make of him the "ultimate slave" for the supreme ruler. In the Ottoman court, white eunuchs, who were mostly brought from castration centers in Christian Europe and Circassia, were responsible for much of the palace administration, while
What a Man My Man Is (album) Anderson's husband at the time, Glenn Sutton, produced this album and wrote a couple of its tracks, including the No. 1 hit. What a Man My Man Is (album) What a Man My Man Is is the name of a studio album by country singer Lynn Anderson, released in late 1974. The album was named after Anderson's big hit, "What a Man My Man Is," which hit No. 1 on the country charts in the last week of 1974. The song would be her last No. 1 hit and last entry on the pop music Hot 100 chart. This album