In these cultures, children who complete the ritual without showing signs of pain or fear are welcomed into the community at large and allowed to take on more responsibility. In some contemporary Papuan and Hawaiian cultures, subincision is used to help young males transition into adolescence and adulthood. The act of creating a split penis is thought to represent a young boy becoming a man. It’s done as a sort of rite of passage for teenage boys. Several cultures practice penis splitting.įor example, the Arrernte people in modern Australia practice a form of penis splitting that they call arilta. The penis is cut from the meatus down to the beginning of the shaft. This may be done from the head back towards the shaft and the base of the penis, or on just one area of the top of the penis, such as the head or shaft only. The top of the penis is cut open but not all the way through to the other side. This is done by cutting the shaft of the penis in half while leaving the head whole. When this is done, your penis may look like it’s curling inward when you have an erection. This is done by splitting the entire penis in half, from the tip of the head all the way down to the bottom of the shaft.

A meatotomy expands the hole for your urine to come out of.

Your surgeon may recommend getting a meatotomy done first. This is done by cutting the head of the penis in half, leaving the rest of the shaft intact. There are many different ways to split the penis, and each procedure has its own name. Penis splitting is often used as an umbrella term.

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