Genital modification and mutilation

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Circumcision and genital piercing: Two Kenyah-Dajaks, with ampallang piercings – Borneo, 1920 (left) and modern man with Prince Albert piercing (right)

Genital modifications are forms of body modifications applied to the human sexual organs, such as piercings, circumcision, or labiaplasty.

The term genital mutilation is used to describe genital modifications of which the speaker disapproves. Opinions differ as to where the boundaries between modification and mutilation lie, depending on the cultural and political viewpoints of the observer.