FGM decision
Thanks for this article - your end paragraph was right - if nothing else, this does raise awareness about this very tricky issue.However, I don't think this decision has much to do with a cultural...
View ArticleWell, obviously a ceremonial
Well, obviously a ceremonial pinprick is better than having your clitoris cut off. So whether we think the whole idea sucks or not, the fact is that if keeps people from being mutilated, then it's a...
View ArticleWe, as a society, have been
We, as a society, have been very polite about sexual mutilation, domestic abuse, etc. Because we didn't know any better. But now we do. And now we're also no longer polite about sexual molestation....
View ArticleNot a hypocrite
I don't feel like a hypocrite for having a problem with FGM while other women from my culture "chose" to mutilate themselves in other ways. If it were up to me, I'd have those other mutilations banned...
View ArticleOf course no one deserves
Of course no one deserves abuse and of course FGM is horrific.The thing about hypocrisy is that you don't have to feel your culture is being hypocritical -- if the people you are trying to convince...
View ArticleAs to choice, the fact is
As to choice, the fact is that cultures have forced girls to have things like corsets or bound feet because achieving the inhumanly small waist or feet was not possible if you waited until the body had...
View ArticleGreat discussion!
Sorry that I'm so late to jump into the discussion, but I appreciate everyone's thoughts and comments thus far. It is a tricky situation in that no culture is perfect when it comes to gender and...
View ArticleI have to say "no"
Becauase who decides what's "ceremonial" and how a "nick" is defined? Once the family is in the doctor's office, what will they be able to convince a doctor to do?If FGM is illegal than any form of it...
View ArticleHmm...that's a good point. I
Hmm...that's a good point. I am imagining it as being similar to what some people have been doing as a ceremonial procedure instead of removing the foreskin for male circumcision. If a ceremony can be...
View ArticleThan you for writing about
Than you for writing about this. I learned about female genital mutilation when I watched the documentary Desert Flower about Waris Dirie and her work in ending FGM. I was shocked that this is...
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