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St Leo
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Member of the Apolyton Social Democratic Party
Jul 2005
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I think Wikipedia went past neutrality into understatement in the Female Genital Mutilation article, but here are the relevant sections.
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Clitoridectomy
Type II or clitoridectomy is more extensive and implies the partial or total removal of the clitoris, and sometimes also the labia minora. It has only rarely been performed in the English-speaking nations. [5]
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Infibulation
The most complete form of female circumcision is Type III, which is also referred to as infibulation or pharaonic circumcision. It consists of a clitoridectomy, the removal of the labia minora, the cutting of the labia majora and then sewing together the cut labia majora to cover the vagina, leaving an opening to allow urine and menstrual blood to pass through. The sewn-together labia majora are opened by the woman's husband before sexual intercourse.
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Other types of female circumcision
Other forms are collectively referred to as Type IV. This includes a diverse range of practices, including pricking the clitoris with needles, burning or scarring the genitals as well as ripping or tearing of the vagina. Type IV is found primarily among aboriginal tribes and isolated ethnic groups as well as in combination with other types. An example, was practiced as an initiation rite among Australian Aborigines. It involved cutting or tearing the vagina of a pubescent girl to enlarge it, after which the girl engaged in coitus with several male tribal members.
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Dr Strangelove
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Originally posted by chegitz guevara
You can still hit quote on the original post you were intending to quote, copy the comment, hit the back button, and then edit your post by inserting the copied text. I do it all the time when I x-post. |
I seem to recall that there once was a group of Russian mystics who practiced such a ritual upon themselves. They would attempt to reshape their genital region into the shape of a star. For some reason the Communists eradicated the practice after they took over.
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Elok
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Land of Ramen Dragons
Mar 2003
time: 00:18
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Meh, once the circumcision heals, doesn't the guy live a totally normal life? I imagine he might have very slight difficulties in aiming when he pees compared to an "all natural," but nothing significant. In principle, circumcision seems no worse than ear-piercing or tattoos, it's just more painful initially. But then, I've never had one (I'm sure you folks really wanted to know that!).
The mutilation, on the other hand, is deliberately crippling to the woman, like Chinese foot-binding. Bit of a difference, isn't there?
As for P.C.'s remarks on PC, I'll just pull out the well-worn adage that opinions are like arseholes; we all have one and nobody begs for a look. Ask a hippy sometime how effective it is to just screech your beliefs at those who oppose them. Yeah, some missionaries do the same thing, but those are the crappy missionaries who don't get much in the way of results. Point is, rants and insults just aren't very persuasive. So Political Correctness or something like it might have a purpose to some extent. Am I right?
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Dr Strangelove
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There's also some evidence that circumcision may reduce the transmission of HIV. I'm confident that FGM does not.
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