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Subincision is practiced by native Australians. This involves slitting open the underside of the penis, revealing the [[urethra]]. The wound may be reopened and extended to cause renewed bloodletting, making this possibly the most dramatic of all male genital mutilations.<ref>Gould, Richard A. ''Yiwara: Foragers of the Australian Desert.'' New York: Scribner’s, 1969.</ref><ref>Ro´heim, Ge´za. ''The Eternal Ones of the Dream: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Australian Myth and Ritual.'' New York: International Universities Press, 1945.</ref> The incidence of circumcision in [[Australia]] has declined to about 4 percent of newborn boys. Intact males have been in the ever-increasing majority for many years.