[Marcia]

I wonder if the practice of female circumcision is a religious or cultural one – or both, and is it something that those outside this practice should try to prevent? It seems such a cruel practice.

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[Maura]

I suggest that you read Germaine Greer’s new book ‘The Whole Woman’ for an interesting chapter on female circumcision and it’s role in culture.

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[Wesley24430]

First, I think the word should be “mutilation.” It is a cultural belief that this procedure will keep the woman from deriving pleasure from sex – thereby ensuring the “purity” of the family line and deterring the female from “straying.” It would be presumptous of us to tell people in Africa what they should not do; but if they are in the United States, it certainly should be illegal, as is any other type of forced mutilation

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