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Female Circumcision  [message #63084] Mon, 26 July 2010 04:12 Go to next message
saben is currently offline  saben

On fire!

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2010/jul/25/female-circumcision-children-british-law

While we often talk about the male counterpart here, the female form is just as (and in some cases much more) brutal.

Cultural sensitivity be damned this is barbarism, mutilation and violence for aesthetic purposes. It's illegal but not a single prosecution has been laid. I know it can be hard to stop a black market in cultural goods like these. But if no effort is even made...

ALL infant/ child genital mutilation, both male and female, should be banned. There is no rationale for it that justifies the practice.

When I first started reading about circumcision I was quite nonchalant because I'm circumcised and kind of like the aesthetics. But I had no say in the matter and I'm sure I would have been just as happy with a whole penis.



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Re: Female Circumcision  [message #63086 is a reply to message #63084] Mon, 26 July 2010 08:10 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

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Prosecutions are not brought because the girls do not complain. But why don't doctors report the matter later in life?



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Re: Female Circumcision  [message #63090 is a reply to message #63086] Mon, 26 July 2010 23:04 Go to previous message
E.J. is currently offline  E.J.

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And this is why the girls (and mothers) don't complain....
http://www.wsbtv.com/news/13797098/detail.html



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