Mao sugiyama who cooked and served own genitals faces indecent exposure charge
Mao Sugiyama (born March 31, 1990) is a Japanese performance artist and activist from Tokyo, Japan who infamously had his genitals and nipples surgically removed on March 31, 2012 (his 22nd birthday) in order to promote asexuality and gender equality. Sugiyama originally intended to consume the genitals; however, he later decided to stage a public event where he cooked and served the genitals with button mushrooms and Italian parsley to the public for 100,000 yen. Although around 70 people turned up to the event, only five people actually ate the genitalia whilst the other guests dined on crocodile and beef. He and three other people who helped organise the event were later charged by Japanese authorities for indecent exposure which if they are convicted could mean two years in jail and around a 32,000 yen fine.
