News of the continuing crisis comes from The Guardian:
Why Thai women cut off their husbands' penises
About once per decade, the medical profession takes a careful look back at Thailand's plethora of penile amputations. The first great reckoning appeared in a 1983 issue of the American Journal of Surgery. Surgical Management of an Epidemic of Penile Amputations in Siam, by Kasian Bhanganada and four fellow physicians at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, introduces the subject: "It became fashionable in the decade after 1970 for the humiliated Thai wife to wait until her [philandering] husband fell asleep so that she could quickly sever his penis with a kitchen knife. A traditional Thai home is elevated on pilings and the windows are open to allow for ventilation. The area under the house is the home of the family pigs, chickens, and ducks. Thus, it is quite usual that an amputated penis is tossed out of an open window, where it may be captured by a duck."
Yes, read that last sentence again: "Thus, it is quite usual that an amputated penis is tossed out of an open window, where it may be captured by a duck." That sentence is a keeper!
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2 comments:
I read this with a seemingly uncontrollable urge to roll up into 'the fetal position' .. am I alone??
Is this where Penal systems derive from as a more civil softening to an archaic act?
Mommy!
Geez, you act like it's all bad. At least the wronged wife does it quickly, and the duck gets a gummy worm.
Seahorse
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