Talk:Perineal raphe

erm, I still don't get what it is.... AC

Gender neutrality of the term
The text specifically mentions this as a part of only the male anatomy - meanwhile I came to this page from a link on the Human_anus page where it was referenced in regards to the accompanying image of a female anus... could someone suitably qualified fix the discrepancy (either its a gender neutral part of the anatomy or the Human_anus image description needs to be changed to the female term). — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.17.105.236 (talk) 02:27, 12 March 2015 (UTC)

Timescale of development
The diagrams linked give a helpful indication of the development of the raphe, but it would be helpful if they or the article text contained some reference to the time elapsed or stages reached in the embryo's development when the genitals are as they are. 11:23, 4 January 2007 (UTC)

In popular culture?
Chris (of Family Guy) mentioned this. He called it a "seam" on his scrotum, which cause him paranoia that he was in fact made of two people stitched together, or something like that. Worth mentioning? I don't have the episode reference, but I'm sure it's out there somewhere. --Buddy13 (talk) 08:03, 2 May 2009 (UTC)


 * I don't think that anatomical terms need a "popular culture" section. Beeswaxcandle (talk) 08:27, 4 May 2009 (UTC)


 * It's also the subject of a song by Brabbins & Fyffe (Armstrong & Miller's brilliant pastiche of Flanders & Swann, circa 2008-9). "You know that bit between your testicles and your anus, it really is the unloveliest body part". The punchline is that he ruptures it falling off a ladder and thereafter "I can do a fine vibrato when I fart".Paulturtle (talk) 02:21, 2 May 2020 (UTC)

Social aspect
there are some ore not? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 84.72.32.61 (talk) 15:22, 16 January 2012 (UTC)

American Journal of Medical Genetics
I note in an edit, the following was removed as "unconstructive material":

''It has been argued that the "rib" in the biblical story of Adam and Eve is actually a mistranslation of a Biblical Hebrew euphemism for baculum (penis bone), and that its removal from Adam in the Book of Genesis is a creation narrative to explain its absence in humans, as well as the presence of the raphe– as a resultant 'scar'. ''

Note that the sentence is referenced to a peer-reviewed medical journal. (American Journal of Medical Genetics) How its inclusion is supposedly "unconstructive" escapes me. Perhaps because it has potential to offend some individuals on the basis of two touchy subjects? (sexuality and religion) If so, WP:NOTCENSORED applies. I will re-add momentarily. -- Limulus (talk) 22:34, 24 June 2015 (UTC)

More Encompassing Article Focus?
Would it perhaps make sense to change the focus of this article to the ‘median raphe of the perineum’ instead of just the perineal raphe exclusively? The median raphe of the perineum comprises the penile raphe, scrotal and perineal raphe, but we don’t have articles for the others (that I could find).

Might be good for people to know that the raphe extends all the way through the perineum, the scrotum and the penile shaft - and that this is completely typical. Especially because there is a lot of reference to the perineal raphe on the web, but much more difficult to find info about the scrotal or penile raphe.

Or is it better to just make an additional article? Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 11:26, 22 February 2022 (UTC)

A great preliminary source:

Fahmy M. (2017) Median Genital Raphe Anomalies. In: Congenital Anomalies of the Penis. Springer, Cham. https://doi-org.ezproxy.library.sydney.edu.au/10.1007/978-3-319-43310-3_16 Pineappleexpressbear (talk) 11:29, 22 February 2022 (UTC)


 * @Pineappleexpressbear, that's an interesting notice. Indeed, the page is about the raphe of the perineum that appears in both sexes, though the others are also mentioned. I think a seperate article about the median raphe in males (with focus on the penile and also scrotal raphe) could work as well. I'll look if enough content can be collected in order to create an additional article. Piccco (talk) 14:49, 17 December 2022 (UTC)