# Wife chops off husband's penis and grinds it up in garbage disposal **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 13, 2011, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886 "2011-07-13T16:27:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chorpler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chorpler/32/2888_2.png) [@chorpler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chorpler)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/61 "2011-07-14T02:01:43Z")
Wasn’t there recently a complete penis transplant, that had to be removed because the patient and his wife were both too freaked out by the transplanted penis? It seems like an appropriate treatment for this kind of thing, assuming this patient can handle the weirdness of having a dead man’s donated penis transplanted onto him. How completely was it removed? Did she go right up to the base next to the scrotum and pelvis, or is there some of the penis base remaining? That would likely affect transplant possibilities, I would think. ---
**Author:** ![FinnAgain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/finnagain/32/12500_2.png) [@FinnAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinnAgain)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/62 "2011-07-14T02:09:37Z")
> [@TruCelt](#): > > Females having their clitoris forcibly, violently and painfully removed is unfortunately much more common. But hilarious. Right? …right? ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/63 "2011-07-14T02:12:09Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > Same as with anything. There is a reason folks find jokes about a woman abusing a man funnier or more easily made than the reverse. So what. We can’t control what people find funny. No, but you can change it over time, because the disparity is pretty disgusting. ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/64 "2011-07-14T02:14:29Z")
> [@bucketybuck](#): > > Did you just try to **BIGT** this thread, and tell me that the internet is scary and we need to learn how to deal with all the nasty people who just wont be nice? Trust me you silly little girl, I have no illusions about the internet, and I have even less outrage about anything said on here. > > What I do have is a sincere desire to wait until the next RO thread about a woman being raped, where hopefully I will get a laugh at her expense. God, when it happens I hope the rapist cuts her tits off, plenty of pun potential when that happens. You dumb fuck, BigT is usually the one coming in and getting all sanctimonious because people should be NICE to one another. He’s usually the one railing against people being cocks on the internet for no reason. You’re more BigT-ing the thread than Nzinga was. ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/65 "2011-07-14T02:34:25Z")
And you can shut the fuck up anyway, because **BigT** has cleaned up his act and become a good poster and I can’t even remember the last time I wanted to kick him in the nuts. A lot of people should do so well. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/66 "2011-07-14T02:49:40Z")
Based on reading of an abuse case here some years back, there’s a fair amount of the base of the penis left under the level of the abdominal surface, which can be surgically released to bring it up above the abdominal surface and used to refashion a reasonable facsimile of a penis. This is the same procedure used to lengthen a very small penis in ads you might see. This is probably what John Bobbitt had done, although I haven’t read up on him. One of the creepiest parts about this case is how she waited until he awoke to do it. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/67 "2011-07-14T03:45:30Z")
Bobbitt’s bobbitt was surgically re-attached after it was recovered by police officers. And the reason why people joke about this, and not about FGM, is simple: penises are funny. Clitorises are not. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/68 "2011-07-14T06:07:17Z")
> [@Hentor\_the\_Barbarian](#): > > I believe the technical term for the procedure is an addadictomy. [Addadicktome.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYq05-RAhyg&feature=youtube_gdata_player) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/69 "2011-07-14T06:43:53Z")
> [@The\_Flying\_Dutchman](#): > > To be honest, half of mankind seem to get along fine without a penis. They get along with the clitoris instead, which isn’t the same as having nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/70 "2011-07-14T08:19:47Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > And the reason why people joke about this, and not about FGM, is simple: penises are funny. Clitorises are not. I don’t think the question was ever _why_ (at least it wasn’t for me); it was instead commentary on how fucked up it is. ---
**Author:** ![Harborwolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Harborwolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harborwolf)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/71 "2011-07-14T09:14:07Z")
> [@Red\_Barchetta](#): > > I don’t think it’s just the fact that people can find humor in this. It’s that if the sexes were reversed in the story, the comments would likely be far less comical. This disparity is what draws people’s ire. Oh my god! Are you saying that people handle similar situations differently based solely on gender?!? I had no idea such a thing happened. My whole world view has been completely shattered. Golly. Maybe you’re right. Maybe everything should be entirely equal. And maybe I can wear that dress to work. Maybe someday. > [@bucketybuck](#): > > Did you just try to **BIGT** this thread, and tell me that the internet is scary and we need to learn how to deal with all the nasty people who just wont be nice? Trust me you silly little girl, I have no illusions about the internet, and I have even less outrage about anything said on here. > > What I do have is a sincere desire to wait until the next RO thread about a woman being raped, where hopefully I will get a laugh at her expense. God, when it happens I hope the rapist cuts her tits off, plenty of pun potential when that happens. And judging by the posts you’ve made here, I bet you’ve got a gem of a sense of humor.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Panda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ee7513/32.png) [@Darth\_Panda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Panda)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/72 "2011-07-14T09:24:03Z")
[More hilarity](http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2011/06/boyfriend.html?lanow) ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Barchetta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/da6949/32.png) [@Red\_Barchetta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Barchetta)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 9:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/73 "2011-07-14T09:35:04Z")
> [@Harborwolf](#): > > Oh my god! Are you saying that people handle similar situations differently based solely on gender?!? I had no idea such a thing happened. My whole world view has been completely shattered. That’s actually _not_ what I’m saying. The fact that there is a difference isn’t surprising, but is no less disgusting in light of such. > [@Harborwolf](#): > > And judging by the posts you’ve made here, I bet you’ve got a gem of a sense of humor.:rolleyes: You’re not my type either. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/74 "2011-07-14T12:43:55Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > And the reason why people joke about this, and not about FGM, is simple: penises are funny. Clitorises are not. They’re just so sheltered. Maybe if they were to get out more often. ---
**Author:** ![misterW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/75 "2011-07-14T12:51:17Z")
The argument that the incident described in the OP is funny while the reverse (female mutilation) is not because of frequency of the types of the incidents is complete and utter bullshit. So you’re saying that a female having her clitoris cut off WOULD be hilarious, except that it happens so often that it’s just gotten rather old? Picture the event in your head. Some older guy, tied down, half-drugged, but very much conscious, is screaming while having a body part cut off. Then to his horror, it’s ground up in front of him, thereby ensuring that he will never have a functioning penis for the rest of his life. That’s funny? I do understand how one can retreat to humor when forced to take in a situation such as this. But posting the incident as some sort of comedic raw material – “hey everybody, let’s have a go at this one” – is in poor taste. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/76 "2011-07-14T12:54:27Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > A husband chopping off his wife’s penis would be just as funny, provided you’re into absurdist humor. See, another reason for same sex marriage. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/77 "2011-07-14T13:07:17Z")
Guys do bad things _with_ their penises, while women get away with doing things _because they have_ vaginas, so there’s a more direct line of revenge humor involving emasculation. But it exists for both: “things were going great until her business dropped off” And: “‘you’re embarassed?’ the husband said, ‘how do you think I feel? I’ve got three dinner rolls shoved up my ass!’” ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/78 "2011-07-14T15:41:00Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > You are only cruisin’ for an offendin’. I’d go with “rollin’ for a trollin’.” > [@chorpler](#): > > Wasn’t there recently a complete penis transplant, that had to be removed because the patient and his wife were both too freaked out by the transplanted penis? I agree that the news story sounds familiar, but I’m not going to search for it from work. > [@needscoffee](#): > > One of the creepiest parts about this case is how she waited until he awoke to do it. Eughghghghgh. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/79 "2011-07-14T15:58:40Z")
I suppose the alternative would be _marginally_ better. “Honey, I had the craziest drea… aw, _ **HELL** _ no!” ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2011, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886/80 "2011-07-14T16:00:08Z")
I’m not sure why but this thread made me think of a question that I pondered the other day. Why is acceptable to say “I’d kill for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_” but not “I’d rape for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_” or “I’d molest for a \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_”? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wife-chops-off-husbands-penis-and-grinds-it-up-in-garbage-disposal/588886.md?page=5)