Later in life, Montagu actively opposed genital modification and mutilation of children.

Unlike other genital modifications, the glans tissue does not have a tendency to re-adhere to itself or heal closed.

Many types of genital modification are performed at the behest of the individual, for personal, sexual, aesthetic or cultural reasons.

It is not the same as the procedures used in gender reassignment surgery or the genital modification of intersexuals.

Genital cutting refers to genital modification and mutilation of the human genitals using a cutting instrument.

The pictures show genital modifications, as described in this article.

Regardless of the procedure used, meatotomies, like other genital modifications and genital piercings, heal quickly.

Reportedly, few have genital modifications, although some certainly do, and some consider nirwaan ("castrated") hijras to be the "true" hijras.

Activists who oppose genital modification and mutilation are often called intactivists or genital integrity activists.