Are you sure men are tested? I got the impression that they are not, but that the sul'dam simply hunt any that appear down and kill them. I know that contact with the a'dam kills men, but does it not also kill the sul'dam.

There was that mention of the empress putting the bracelet on men for amusement and sometimes (if the man was a channeler) both the man and the damane died in horrible agony. The a'dam is designed only for women. Until the male a'dam, testing men was not really an option.



Aes Sedai never marry or have children, the same is not true for all channelers. Damane presumably don't, since sex with them is viewed as perverted, but we don't know about the sul'dam. It is possible that sul'dam have children and families and maintain the "channeling gene". Male learners also probably do, to some extent atleast

As for the rarity, you are right. But how rare? Rare enough that a few damane are found in a city/town every generation keeping the fear alive? Or so rarely that no one really worries much about it beyond perhaps a slight anxiety?



When Mat visited a collared AS, Tuon implied that some men try to sneak in and have sex with the collared damane, but this is viewed as very sick behaviour (beyond even the rape factor). I guess since they view the damane as basically animals, they think sex or "breeding" would be viewed as bestiality or something. The society values simply prevent this. And ofcourse you obviously cannot breed two female damane, and they have no collared male channelers.



Yeah they are brainwashed. Any sul'dam that was caught was likely just thought to have found a way to cheat the original testing or such. Remember that their society depends greatly on the damane system, they would WANT to believe that its right and proper. If you want to believe something bad enough, you will simply ignore evidence to the contrary.



Maybe.



Actually, I think the culling effect is far less significant than was first suggested in the series. The reason the AS numbers were dropping so badly is because they were idiots and did not actually recruit people properly. The other groups that do test everyone such as the Aiel WO have plenty of channelers.