I cut off his penis: the truth behind the headlines
Genre
Documentary
Release
2024
Director
Annabel Gillings
About

A shocking act, its baffling legacy - a gripping true crime documentary. When Mrs Bobbit cut off her husband's penis in 1993, similar cases followed. Why?

The Story

Lorena Bobbitt's name has become synonymous with her act of penicide against her husband in 1993. A media frenzy followed, one that sidelined Lorena's story. But Lorena's case is just one of many across the world. I Cut Off His Penis reignites the conversation, through the stories of those who have been on all sides of the act.


Following Brigitte Harris' harrowing story of childhood sexual abuse and her act of defence, former nurse Jeraja Trakuldit's first-hand exerience treating numerous victims of penicide, and law and crime specialists' analysis of penicide within the context of gender-based violence, we delve into the truth behind the headlines.

The Reviews

⛤⛤⛤⛤ made-you-look title disguises a documentary of surprising depth

The Daily Telegraph

⛤⛤⛤⛤ With its irresistible mix of tabloid hysteria, true crime and intelligent sociological analysis, I knew ITV’s I Cut Off His Penis: The Truth Behind The Headlines would be right up my street

The i Paper

⛤⛤⛤⛤ We put Lorena Bobbitt in her place; we put all women in their place” says Helfgott of Bobbitt’s experience in the court and the media, broadening the programme’s perspective yet further. But it is Wistrich who voices the thought that has surely occurred to every viewer, living as we do in a world in which men inflict the vast majority of sexual violence, in which the vast majority of the victims are female: “It’s almost surprising there aren’t more cases.

The Guardian
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