GENITAL MODIFICATION AND MUTILATION.

GENITAL MODIFICATION AND MUTILATION.

 

The terms genital modification and genital mutilation can refer to permanent or temporary changes to human sex organs.

Some forms of genital alteration are performed at the behest of an adult, with their informed consent.

Others are performed on infants or children.

Any of these procedures may be considered modifications or mutilations by different groups of people.

Many types of genital modification are performed at the behest of the individual, for personal, sexual, aesthetic or cultural reasons.

Penile subincision, or splitting of the underside of the penis, is widespread in the traditional cultures of Indigenous Australians.

This procedure has taken root in Western body modification culture.

Meatotomy is a form that involves splitting of the glans penis alone, while genital bisection is a more extreme form that splits the penis entirely in half.

Genital piercings and genital tattooing may be performed for aesthetic reasons, but piercings have the benefit of increasing sexual pleasure for the pierced individual or their sex partners.

Similarly, Pearling involves surgical insertion of small, inert spheres under the skin along the shaft of the penis for the purpose of providing sexual stimulation to the walls of the vagina.

Clitoris enlargement may be achieved temporarily through the use of a clitoral pump, or it may be achieved permanently through application of testosterone cream to the clitoris, or through injectable testosterone.

Penis enlargement is a term for various techniques used to attempt to increase the size of the penis, though the safety and efficacy of these techniques are debated.

Male circumcision is the removal of the foreskin, usually for religious, cosmetic, or medical reasons.

The removal of the frenulum may be performed at the same time.

The age at which circumcision may be performed varies widely, with groups such as Americans and Jews typically circumcising in the neonatal period and African tribes such as the Maasai and Xhosa circumcising in teenage years as initiation into adulthood.

In modern medicine, circumcision may be used as treatment for phimosis or recurrent balanitis.

Advocacy is often centred around preventive medicine while opposition is often centered around human rights and the potentially harmful side effects of circumcision.

The World Health Organization estimates that roughly 30% of the world's men are circumcised.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genital_integrity

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