FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is called female circumcision by those doing it, but is in no way analogous to male circumcision. There are two procedures for FGM. First, excision, in which the clitoris and the labia minor are cut away. This is analogous to cutting off the whole penis in the male. Second, infundibulation, in which the labia majora are sewn together to prevent anything entering the vagina. Hard to imagine in the male, but it would be like forcing the penis back into the abdomen and then sewing the skin together to prevent it coming back out. A small opening is left for urination and menstruation, but heavy menstrual flow can lead to blockage, infection and death. On the wedding night, the groom cuts the labia majora apart and holds the sheet the wife bleeds on out the window for the neighbors and family to see she really was a virgin.
Excision is practiced thoughout the Sahel and Sahara (the Sahel is the grasslands between the Sahara desert to the north and the rainforest to the south) from Somalia and Ethiopia in the East to Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea in the west. CLICK HERE FOR MAPS.
Percent of women who suffer FGM (click in space to see map)
Percent by country
Infundibulation is practiced mainly by Arabic speakers, both in Arabia and Africa. The w...
Excision is practiced thoughout the Sahel and Sahara (the Sahel is the grasslands between the Sahara desert to the north and the rainforest to the south) from Somalia and Ethiopia in the East to Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea in the west. CLICK HERE FOR MAPS.
Percent of women who suffer FGM (click in space to see map)
Percent by country
Infundibulation is practiced mainly by Arabic speakers, both in Arabia and Africa. The w...
FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is called female circumcision by those doing it, but is in no way analogous to male circumcision. There are two procedures for FGM. First, excision, in which the clitoris and the labia minor are cut away. This is analogous to cutting off the whole penis in the male. Second, infundibulation, in which the labia majora are sewn together to prevent anything entering the vagina. Hard to imagine in the male, but it would be like forcing the penis back into the abdomen and then sewing the skin together to prevent it coming back out. A small opening is left for urination and menstruation, but heavy menstrual flow can lead to blockage, infection and death. On the wedding night, the groom cuts the labia majora apart and holds the sheet the wife bleeds on out the window for the neighbors and family to see she really was a virgin.
Excision is practiced thoughout the Sahel and Sahara (the Sahel is the grasslands between the Sahara desert to the north and the rainforest to the south) from Somalia and Ethiopia in the East to Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea in the west. CLICK HERE FOR MAPS.
Percent of women who suffer FGM (click in space to see map)
Percent by country
Infundibulation is practiced mainly by Arabic speakers, both in Arabia and Africa. The women of the Nile valley (Egypt and Sudan) frequently must endure both.
Excision was started by Jews of Ethiopia, maybe even before they crossed from Yemen into Africa with the Sheban conquest of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is still practiced by the Falasha Jews of Ethiopia (now mostly living in Israel). It spread from them to the Coptic Christians of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti) and the Nile valley (Sudan and Egypt) With the Muslim conquest of most of this area, it was adopted by the Muslims and spread clear across Africa. Today it is mostly practiced by Muslims, many people think it is required by Islam. NOTE: Excision is never performed on babies like male circumcision because they would frequently bleed to death, nor is it performed on adolescent girls big enough to defend themselves. It is done without anesthetic, when the girl is (usually) eight to ten years old, adults hold the little girl down while one person (Usually an old woman) scrapes away the genitalia with a broken piece of glass or a razor blade.
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(more)Excision is practiced thoughout the Sahel and Sahara (the Sahel is the grasslands between the Sahara desert to the north and the rainforest to the south) from Somalia and Ethiopia in the East to Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea in the west. CLICK HERE FOR MAPS.
Percent of women who suffer FGM (click in space to see map)
Percent by country
Infundibulation is practiced mainly by Arabic speakers, both in Arabia and Africa. The women of the Nile valley (Egypt and Sudan) frequently must endure both.
Excision was started by Jews of Ethiopia, maybe even before they crossed from Yemen into Africa with the Sheban conquest of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It is still practiced by the Falasha Jews of Ethiopia (now mostly living in Israel). It spread from them to the Coptic Christians of the Horn of Africa (Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Djibouti) and the Nile valley (Sudan and Egypt) With the Muslim conquest of most of this area, it was adopted by the Muslims and spread clear across Africa. Today it is mostly practiced by Muslims, many people think it is required by Islam. NOTE: Excision is never performed on babies like male circumcision because they would frequently bleed to death, nor is it performed on adolescent girls big enough to defend themselves. It is done without anesthetic, when the girl is (usually) eight to ten years old, adults hold the little girl down while one person (Usually an old woman) scrapes away the genitalia with a broken piece of glass or a razor blade.
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"This is not a Muslim practice. FGM has been outlawed for all Sunni Muslims (the vast majority of those practicing this barbaric custom) since 2006.
http://www.iheu.org/node/2503
It is true that most of those doing this cruel thing are Muslim, but it is done by Christians, Jews and followers of traditional African religions as well.
We Muslims need to help stop this inhumane practice among our people."
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Disclosure:
I am not politically correct.
I do not believe that all cultures are equal.
I believe in right and wrong. No moral relativism here.
FGM is not to be viewed as religious freedom.
Sharia law has no place in the USA.
If believe in FGM, you also believe in Honor Killings.
I'll quit for lack of time.
it is done here, you know... more often than you might think, too
The towel heads claim WE are uncivilized and if they had their way all people in the world, and that includes America, would be having the same things done...
Now maybe YOU feel it is cool but just think if your daughter met and married a towel head, I'm willing to bet that you'd be all over that guy like stink on chit...but yea I know it isn't happening to you.
I have produced facts about this very subject and still people have to have a dumb assed reason for screwing with the body.....i don't give a damn WHAT people do now.
If this means you have won the argument and I have tucked my tail between my legs so be it...but i am tired of agreeing to disagree.
Female circumcision however negates the ability to have a climax...
It is nothing more than a way to control women....
If you know nothing , you know no other way...
Women are nothing more than property in the Muslim world...
...except that male circumcision is done primarily for health reasons, while female circumcision is done specifically for control purposes
equating the two is like equating cutting fingernails to cutting off fingertips.