Penile subincision

Subincision was traditionally performed around the world, notably in Australia, but also in Africa, South America and the Polynesian and Melanesian cultures of the Pacific, often as a coming of age ritual.

Disadvantages include the risks inherent in the procedure itself, which is often self-performed, and increased susceptibility to sexually transmitted infections (STIs).

Some academics theorise that a subincised penis is thought to resemble a vulva, and the bleeding is likened to menstruation.

[3][1] This type of modification of the penis was also traditionally performed by the Lardil people of Mornington Island, Queensland.

According to Ken Hale, who studied Damin, no ritual initiations have been carried out in the Gulf of Carpentaria for half a century, and hence the language has also died out.