Editing Emasculation (section)

=== Involuntary or accidental ===
In some circumstances, a person may be emasculated involuntarily as the result of an accident,{{Sfnm|1a1=Kenyon|1a2=Hyman|1y=1953|1p=207|2a1=Ochoa|2y=1998|2p=1116}} as part of a ritual attack,{{Sfnm|1a1=Kaggwa|1a2=Galukande|1y=2014|1p=519|2a1=Orakwe|2a2=Undie|2y=2012|2pp=75–77}} or due to poor circumcision practice.{{Sfn|Gearhart|Rock|1989|p=799}}

In these cases, the objective of medical treatment is different than for cases of voluntary emasculation. The goals of treatment are to either reattach the severed genitals or to reconstruct an artificial penis and testes.{{Sfn|Shaw|Sadove|Rink|2003|p=387}}

From 1960 to 2000, involuntarily emasculated infants were surgically reassigned female, similar to the treatment received by [[David Reimer]] after his penis was burnt off during a [[circumcision]] procedure. It is now understood from cases like Reimer's that gender reassignment surgery in infancy can interfere with gender identity formation. Therefore, gender reassignment is no longer the standard practice for involuntarily emasculated infants.{{Sfnm|1a1=Gearhart|1a2=Rock|1y=1989|1pp=800–801|2a1=Ochoa|2y=1998|2p=1119|3a1=Shaw|3a2=Sadove|3a3=Rink|3y=2003|3p=323}}