I AM NOT ADVOCATING SELF PENECTOMY

The ONLY safe way to have any type of castration is through a qualified surgeon.

With that disclaimer:

Notwithstanding all of the dire predictions of death here on the Archive, I have read litterally hundreds of accounts in the media and medical journals of people penectomizing themselves or it being done by wives, etc. and while it's not something you could do yourself and not have to get to the emergency room and face all kinds of psych questions, I still have never read an account of someone who actually died from having it done, despite not having "rushed" to the ER of even having called 911.

Take the Bobbit case, for example. Or the page (http://www.chiprowe.com/articles/nopenis.html) that lists case after case of wife or self penectomy. Or even the case in the late 60s where the 12 year old boy literally shot his penis and testicles off with a shotgun in a hunting accident.

Is there something about the anatomy of the genitals that makes this true?

Well Bboy

If you think about it they list on the lower tier (i.e. non-essential to life) of body organs.

As I see it, top tier are like heart,liver,etc. Organ that do processes that the body must have to survive and you only get one.

Tier two, lungs, kidneys,etc. Because of the fact that most people have two and only one is essential.

And then there is the bottom tier. Thing that you can live without which they fall into.

Also being the nature of the beast, although bleeding can be severe it also can be fairly easy to control. The real DANGER in someone doing self surgery is of course not being prepared and panicing or passing out due to the rapid loss of blood or severe pain.

Now there have been many cases of people doing self surgery (AND I DO NOT ADVOCATE DOING THIS) and comming out just fine. But bare in mind most have thought it out very well and planed for complications and also had some kind of medical training.