Topic summary
Genital mutilation
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Genital modification and mutilation.
As sexual violence
Genital mutilation is common in some situations of war or armed conflict, with perpetrators using violence against the genitals of men, women, and non-binary people. These different forms of sexual violence can terrorize targeted individuals and communities, prevent individuals from reproducing, and cause tremendous pain and psychological anguish for victims. Many wars, religious conquests, and genocides have involved forced circumcision. A related practice is killing people based on their circumcision status, notably in the Bangladesh genocide and recently in the 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis.