Citation

Bechtel GA, Tiller CM. Nursingconnections 1998; 11(2): 46-51.

Affiliation

Department of Parent-Child Nursing, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1998, Division of Nursing, Washington Hospital Center)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9987415

Abstract

This report describes factors associated with the act of penile amputation by three female partners in southern Thailand. While gender-specific roles and paternalistic behaviors are normative in Thai society, specific precipitating factors for the three amputations included: (1) an immediate financial crisis that adversely affected one of the children in the family; (2) ingestion of drugs or alcohol by the husband immediately before the event; (3) public humiliation of the wife in the presence of a mia noi (secondary wife) or concubine within the week that preceded the incident. Understanding women's cultural preservation in Thailand may promote culturally sensitive and meaningful nursing care.

Language: en