Subincision

Incomplete subincision

Subincision, Warrumanga Tribe, Central Australia

Subincision is the complete or partial split of the urethra on the underside of the penis and the scrotum can also be part of it by splitting.

origin

The practice of subincision became known as a ritual act. It was observed as a traditional initiation ceremony among some indigenous tribes in Central Australia ( Aborigines ), and practitioners there call it pura ariltha kuma .

The purpose of the intervention is not fully understood. One possible reason is that the subincision is a form of contraception: the incision allows sperm to exit the urethra before it enters the vagina during intercourse .

It is also believed that the subincision was made in matriarchal societies to mimic menstrual bleeding, making the penis resemble a vulva.

present

Sometimes subincisions are also used in the western body modification scene. Here, a gain in pleasure is usually in the foreground as a motive. Additional sensitive tissue is exposed through the opening of the urethra.

Delimitation of the term

A medically indicated split of the distal urethral orifice - in the case of pronounced meatal stenosis , which in extreme cases can lead to urinary retention and thus to uremia as a subvesical (located below the urinary bladder) obstacle - is referred to as a meatotomy ; necessary measures to dilate the urethra in sections other than urethrotomy .

The Subinzision is the external male genital concerned operation to be practiced ritual. Some reference works assign the subincision to the lemma “circumcision” in addition to the terms “ circumcision ” and “ incision ” .

See also

• Bifurcation
• Hypospadias

literature

• Report on the legal situation of male circumcision and female genital mutilation in Germany. In: FAZ , September 20, 2011, p. 38.

Web links

Commons : Subincision  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ^ HR Balz: Theological Real Encyclopedia. Walter de Gruyter, 1977, ISBN 3-11-011159-4 , p. 157. books.google.de
2. ^ B. Spencer , FJ Gillen : The Native Tribes of Central Australia . 1899.
3. ^ D. Doyle: Ritual male circumcision: a brief history. In: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh , 35; Pp. 279-285. PMID 16402509 . Full text (PDF; 178 kB)
4. ↑ Janice Delaney, Mary Jane Lupton, Emily Toth (Eds.): The Curse: A Cultural History of Menstruation . Urbana and Chicago 1988, p. 224 .
5. ↑ Cf. circumcision In: Meyers Lexikon in 10 volumes .
6. ↑ See circumcision In: Brockhaus Enzyklopädie 2002 digital .

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