There are many reasons people with body integrity identity disorder (BIID) might try to remove their genitals, a clinical forensic psychologist tells Sky News.
Warning: The following article contains graphic details of extreme physical mutilation. Before his potentially deadly 'eunuch maker' operation was foiled, Marius Gustavson boasted online that he had removed a part of his body to 'look like a Ken doll'. The 46-year-old recruited a man to cut off his penis with a kitchen knife at his north London flat, and two others to remove his nipple and freeze his leg to the point of amputation.
'Either they are taboo to themselves, for example, a homosexual who is holding a lot of internalised homophobia, or people who are sexually attracted to something that's illegal, so they attack their penises to reduce the risk of sexual assault.' Read more from Sky NewsWildlife crimes that could land you in prisonThe whole life prisoners who will never be released Dr Murphy adds that BIID patients are often 'attracted to the idea of disability'.
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