UK: Police report man's penis cut off by group of men on suspicion he had sex with one of their girlfriends

Why make a point these guys were "gypsies"? Any group of men might have done this, since any given man in the western world has been raised either to assume what a woman has told him is true when it comes to her sexual activities, and that it's far more acceptable to cut off a man's penis as a form of judicial or extra-judicial punishment for suspected or proven sexual acts that are or are not considered objectionable either morally, criminally, or both. I am assuming here though that the woman said something to someone about her infidelity (alleged), and that it was never proven (hard to see how, aside from witnesses to the act(s) or pictorial evidence, etc.).

In any case, the result was the same: the guy got his penis chopped off by a group of other men who ganged up on him to mete out some kind of vigilante justice for an 'offense' that is not even a crime. If the victim knew the woman had a boyfriend, sure in the typical sense, he was doing something he knew he should not have been doing. However the woman was doing so also, and as it was she who had the boyfriend (assuming her side-guy was otherwise unattached), it seems to me she bears a greater share of culpability for the dishonest state they were both in. But don't get me wrong, running around behind your SO's back or participating in it (i.e., knowing your new FWB is spoken for) are both bad ideas and IMJ, morally wrong. I'd just say in this kind of case, she holds 60% of the blame and her side-guy 40%. If the sexes were reversed but the scenario the same, I'd say he had 60% and she had 40%. No consideration for anyone because of their difference in sex organs. But let the punishment fit the crime. In this situation, the offended bf ought simply to have confronted his gf with the knowledge he had and broken it off with her. If he knew 100% for sure who the guy was she was seeing, I'd be fine with him contacting that guy by whatever means seems prudent and tell him something like this: "I know who you are and what you've been doing. I've dumped by two-timing now-ex-gf and if you want her, she's all yours. But when she starts running around on you, don't say you didn't know what you were getting into. And if you ever need a favor from me or my consideration in some matter, by some strange chance of fate, for whatever reason... don't expect it, comprende?" That's usually enough to send a chill down the spine and let the guy know he may not ultimately be too happy with his choice of FWBs. And w/out threatening him (thereby possibly landing you in legal trouble), you've let him know you know who he is. He probably will think twice next time he considers coloring a bit outside the lines.

In contrast, if a woman commits a "sex crime" or does something objectionable to someone else (e.g.: have sex with someone else's boy- or girlfriend), does western society see an assault like this on her genitalia (equivalent perhaps of using a knife to injure her in her vulva or vagina, probably ruining sex for her ever again as a pleasurable experience) the least bit excusable/"understandable"? No, and for good reason. However emasculation for any reason is considered by many to be laughable or "understandable sometimes, though wrong".

Isn't that the kind of attitude many people, including many women, used to have about husbands being allowed to hit/slap their wives if they became "difficult"? Technically, it was illegal, but the legal system wasn't taking it seriously. And while our legal system takes these things seriously today (most times, anyway), it wasn't too long ago that it did not. And the two things are not really analogous. A woman getting slapped vs. a man getting emasculated are on two different planes of offense. A man getting slapped vs. a woman getting slapped are, and in that case, men are still very under-considered in that situation compared with women. Likewise with assaults on genitalia. So in terms of defending the bodily integrity of one's person-hood, both around sex organs as well as the rest of the body, men are under-protected by the law and under-considered by society.