Penis cut off (Penis removal)

In ancient civilizations, removal of the human penis was sometimes used as a means of demonstrating superiority: armies were sometimes known to sever the penises of their enemies to count the dead, as well as for trophies. The practice of castration (removal of the testicles) sometimes also involves the removal of all or part of the penis, generally with a tube inserted to keep the urethra open for urination. Castration has been used to create a class of servants or slaves (and especially harem-keepers) called eunuchs in many different places and eras.

In the modern era, removal of the human penis is very rare (with some exceptions listed below), and references to removal of the penis are almost always symbolic. Castration is less rare, and is performed as a last resort in the treatment of androgen-sensitive prostate cancer.

In addition to the examples below, there have been instances in the 21st century in which captives in Iraq and Yemen have been castrated.

Some men have penile amputations, known as penectomies, for medical reasons. Cancer, for example, sometimes necessitates removal of all or part of the penis. In some instances, botched childhood circumcisions have also resulted in full or partial penectomies.

Genital surgical procedures for trans women (transgender or transsexual women) undergoing sex reassignment surgery, do not usually involve the complete removal of the penis; part or all of the glans is usually kept and reshaped as a clitoris, and the skin of the penile shaft may also be inverted to form the vagina. When procedures such as this are not possible, other procedures such as colovaginoplasty are used which do involve the removal of the penis.

Issues related to the removal of the penis appear in psychology, for example in the condition known as castration anxiety. Others, who associate the organ with rape and male dominance and aggression, may consciously or subconsciously see the organ (their own or those of others) as a weapon and express a hatred for it, potentially desiring to see it violently removed.

Some men have undergone penectomies as a voluntary body modification, thus including it as part of a body dysmorphic disorder. Professional opinion is divided regarding the desire for penile amputation as a pathology, much as all other forms of treatment by amputation for body dysmorphic disorder. Voluntary subincision, removal of the glans penis, and bifurcation of the penis are related topics.

There have been incidents in which men have been assaulted, usually by their sexual partners, by having their penises severed. The case of John and Lorena Bobbitt, for example, was popularly known for Lorena Bobbitt cutting off the penis of her husband, John, out of rage after he allegedly raped her, though he claimed it was for revenge when she discovered his infidelity. Bobbitt's penis was successfully reattached, and he later had a brief career in pornographic movies.

This was not the first modern case, however. On May 18, 1936, Sada Abe strangled her lover (believed to be at his request, he wanted to die while having sex) Kichizo Ishida and cut off his penis, placed it in her kimono and carried it around with her for days before eventually turning it over to the police. She spent a very brief time in jail, and was granted amnesty in 1940. The penis was last seen at a department store exhibition in 1949. This episode was the basis of the film In the Realm of the Senses.

Mutilation or forcible removal of the penis has special symbolic significance. As a symbol of male sexuality, fertility, and masculinity, the removal of the penis may be inspired by a desire to emasculate, and sometimes results in the emasculation of the victim. Another motive, particularly in cases of spousal assault, is sexual.

From 1973 to 1980 one hundred cases of Thai women cutting off their husband's penises were recorded. Most of them were not reattached.

In 1990, Alan Wayne Boggs, 43, picked up a transient on Orlando, Florida's infamous tea room known as the Orange Blossom Trail. He took the transient home, offered him homosexual favors, then attacked him, cutting off his penis. Boggs claimed self-defense, but also being so drunk that he had little memory of the incident. A judge sentenced him to 15 years in prison. Boggs vowed to become clean and sober.Because it was perpetrated by a man, Oddball Daily rated it the most disturbing penis removal incident in history.

A study of penis reattachment in China, found that of a group of 50 men, 98% reacquired functionality, even though some involved full reconstructive surgery using tissue and bone. Reportedly some of these men later fathered children.

An article titled "Status Quo of Female Criminals in Nanjing" was translated on the All-China Women's Federation's website on July 21, 2008, concerning the rise in young female criminals over the previous three years, numbering 2,140 and mostly Aged 35 or younger. Under "Crime Caused by Impulsion", it stated that several incidents in Nanjing in China occurred where Chinese men had their penis severed by their wives. An explanation given by a procurator said "Their reasons are simple. The wife could not bear the fact that her husband is gambling or cheating on her. It is a crime of impulsion in an emotional crisis." The majority of the women criminals in Nanjing were given lenient jail time or not punished at all.

2000s

On August 19, 2001, in Battambang, Cambodia, a 23 year old Cambodian man, Rin Bros, was dragged from a police station by a gang of women who severed his penis and chopped it to pieces. They then killed him by beating and stabbing him. Bros was accused of three rapes and was being questioned by the police before the women stormed the police station and killed him as soon as they heard he was there. The police took no action and just watched the women during the murder, and none of the women were arrested or punished.

On March 4, 2001, in Hong Kong, China, Chu Chi-lik, 41 years old, was drugged by his 42 year old wife Lam Yuk-kam and his penis severed due to his infidelity. The penis was reattached.

Om November 9, 2001, in Hong Kong, China, 27 year old Poon Shuk-yee used a paper cutter to sever her 35 year old lover Chan Chi-keung's penis while they were engaged in sexual activity, since Chan wanted to break up. A reattachment operation was performed on Chan and it was successful. Poon was sentenced to four and a half years in prison.

On December, 2001, in Hong Kong after a man's penis was severed by his wife, she was sentenced to four years in prison.

In 2002 in Hong Kong, China, 30 year old Lai Kwok-fai was asleep when his 46 year old girlfriend Chan Lai-ching used scissors to cut at his penis. His foreskin was cut off and he was stitched at the hospital.

On April, 2003, in Shihlin, Taipei, Taiwan, a Chinese man named Tsai was sleeping when his 46 year old Filipino wife Virginia severed his penis. She fled to the Philippines after she flushed his penis in the toilet. The lack of an extradition treaty between Taiwan and the Phillippines hampered Taiwan's request for the Phillipines to hand over Virgingia. Tsai was taken to the hospital by their 17 year old son, where he was treated by doctors and survived. The chief surgeon Hung Cheng-sheng said that "he is traumatized because only 2.5 centimetres of his penis is left and he won't be able to have sex again.

In 2003, in western India, it was reported by NDTV that Parkeet Manjhi had his penis cut off by four women after he turned down an offer from them for sex. His penis was reattached at a Mumbai hospital.

On June 12, 2006, in Hong Kong, a 5 month old Chinese boy was injured when a Filipino maid, Brigilda de Sixto Farinas almost severed his penis, cutting a ring around the penis's circumference, which resulted in severe bleeding. The child was treated at the hospital and Farinas given a sentence of up to two years in jail.

On October 5, 2006, in Nanjing, China, a Chinese man named Li Gengbao was sleeping when his wife Yao Fengfang severed his penis, he woke up after feeling pain and begged her to take him to the hospital and return his penis, which she was holding. She then flung his penis out of a window, then a dog which belonged to a neighbor ate the penis. Li drove himself to the hospital where he was treated, but there was no reattachment since the dog ate the penis. After she saw his taxi at his ex-wife's house Yao accused Li of infidelity. Yao was given a lenient three year sentence. Li's sexual life was permanently destroyed.

On April 10, 2007, in Tanglang New Village, Xili Subdistrict, Nanshan District of Shenzhen, China, a Chinese man from Hunan province named Yi was tied up by his girlfriend Wang, who then used scissors to slice his penis off and flushed it down the toilet. Yi was around 20 years old. He allowed Wang to restrain him by tying him as an apology after he beat her during an argument over picture of other girls which Wang found on a phone which belonged to him. Wang had dared Yi to beat her while they wrere yelling. She asked him who the girls on his phone were, and when he told her that they were his girlfriends she cut his penis. The couple had one daughter born in 2002. There Only 1.5 cm of his penis from the base remained, with the rest cut off. Functions such as urination were restored by surgery, but his ability to have sex was permanently destroyed. Wang was given a lenient sentence of five years.

On July 8, 2009, Leqing, Zhejiang, China, a Chinese sailor named Nan was asleep when his wife used a kitchen knife to sever his penis. She cleaned the knife and left money for their daughter before turning herselfin. She had quarreled with him and accused him of infidelity, and was given 13 years in jail. The penis was flushed down a toilet and not reattached.

On April 11, 2011, in Dubai, UAE, an Emirati man, 77 years old, has his penis cut off by his 26 year old Bangladeshi maid, J.N. She used a razor and claimed he had raped her. Both of them were charged with crimes.

on July 12, 2011, in Dongguan, Guangdong, China, a Chinese man Liang Quan, 24 years old, was asleep when his 31 year old girlfriend Yin used a knife to sever most of his penis, because Liang wanted to break up with her since his family didn't approve of her. He lost a massive amount of blood, and most of the penis was severed with a small amount of it still connected. It was reattached but his ability to have sex was severely impaired.