Why ‘Magun’ doesn’t kill anymore

I have traveled widely across Africa and in every country I have been to there have been stories of men and women stuck together during sex. It is usually an illicit affair and the husband of the woman caught cheating is usually credited for arranging the juju/voodoo that exposed the two. In my part of Nigeria this is called Magun ( don’t climb), in Zimbabwe it is called Runyoka. I have read about a few cases in Europe and North America but unlike the tales told in the stories about Magun these couples usually recover and there is no somersaulting and dying. Statistically though death during sexual intercourse is however more common amongst men if they are cheating ( because of extra stress/anxiety) and in older men too (because of background cardiovascular problems). These are confounding factors in cases of Magun.

Geoffrey de La Tour-Landry in 1932 described an incident of Penis Captivus in which a man named Pers Lenard had sex with an unmarried woman on the alter of a church and the two got stuck together till the following day. With prayers the prolonged intercourse came to an end although they were told to come naked to church for the next three Sundays!
Penis Captivus as this phenomenon is known in medicine is a rare condition that is caused by both physiological and psychological reasons.
Physiological because the normal rhythmic contractions of the vaginal muscles during sex become exaggerated holding the penis captive even if the penis is no longer erect. This is a more common phenomenon between dogs having sex.

Psychological because it is more common in people who are anxious or fearful about sex and those who view sex in negative light probably due to strict upbringing or previous encounters. The nature of these psychological risk factors make it more common among secret lovers where fear and anxiety are heightened.

Treatment of Penis Captivus involves calming down the woman. Try to reassure and ease the tension. Mechanical dilators have also been tried with some success. Surgical separation is definitive if conservative measures fail.

With the psychological risk factors becoming less in each newer generation the incidence of Penis Captivus is likely to be even rarer and stories about Magun may be obsolete.