Female Circumcision

In the story written by Frances A. Althaus’s “Female Circumcision: Rite of Passage or Violation of Rights? She explores female circumcision within African Culture and the health complications after the ritual is completed. Female circumcision is the practice of partial or total removal of the female external vaginal area and is still practiced in several countries today , dut was ruled as illegal in America in 1997. Females did not have the option to chose if they wanted to have the procedure performed, mothers often made that decision for them. The practice is to transition a girl into womanhood and to ensure that virginity is not lost before marriage, prevention of infidelity and

Female circumcision has been a cultural tradition practiced in different parts of the world for many years in order to secure virginity until marriage. In Africa female genital mutilation tradition is a part of the Muslim culture and parts of the Middle East, for the women to be desirable by her husband. (JPEG) Consequently, girls the ages of 4 through 14 are to endure the severe pains of female circumcision in order to not betray their culture and family beliefs. (Ali, 2016) In the US, the estimated number of females between 15 and 49, who are either at risk of genital mutilation or who have already undergone a procedure, has reached more than 500,000, triple the amount reported in the 1990 national census. (Female genital mutilation in the US tripled in 25 years, 2015) This controversial practice performed on females lead advocates to believe that this is a form of female genital mutilation that must come to an end. (Ali, 2016)

In Cultural Diversity around the world “Female Circumcision” is a global violence against women. According to Essential of Sociology text book “female circumcision surgery occurs seven to ten days after birth, but in others it is not performed by girls reach adolescence. Among most groups, it takes place between the ages of 4 and 8” (285). The textbook also stated about 140 million females have been circumcised in worldwide. This practice obtains on diverse shapes in different cultures. These methods would carry clinched alongside the majority condition without any structure of modern medical technology. There are women who demand that the culture continue. Others claim it is a structure from claiming custom torment to reduce female

The cultural practice of female circumcision could endanger their daughter’s future quality of life. The parents knew that it was against the law in Britain, they choose to leave the country and have the procedure done.

When having a child many questions arise such as where will we take baby while we work, how are we going to accommodate another person in the household, and the ultimate will we circumcise? For some families in the world it is not even a familiar question discussed, but unfortunately in the US it is a very prevalent practice. It saddens and almost scares me that we have become so desensitized to the thought of male circumcision of newborns. In reality it is a very horrendous unnecessary procedure that is far too over looked. Majority of the world do not participate in the circumcision of male newborns and deem it unnecessary. I believe this barbaric practice should be stopped. Hopefully in the next few decades’ circumcision will ultimately no longer be the decision of parents in the US, unless deemed medically necessary. Cutting off a vital piece of skin on a vulnerable, sensitive, healthy organ should be the decision of the person in question not the parent, not your body not your choice.

Female circumcision is a ritualized form of child abuse and violence against women, it is a violation of human rights.

Female genital mutilation is a very disturbing act that we must eliminate; even if will have to pull this bull by its horns. According to Sarah Boseley, health editor at World Health Organization explains, female genital mutilation is a procedure that involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia, or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. Sadly, this act is recognized as a violation of the human rights of girls and women. In addition, as per World Health Organization, this practice is mostly carried out by traditional circumcisers, who often play other central roles in communities, such as attending childbirths (Mutilation). However, this is a traditional practice which has been practiced by several

Genital mutilation, predominantly female gender mutilation has become a serious perplexing matter and dilemma that a majority of young women around the world are facing. Although both genders are disturbed by genital mutilation, it primarily affects infants up until women that are twenty-five years of age. Genital mutilation is frequently performed in about twenty-five African countries. Genital mutilation is communal and expressed in Somalia, Mali, Egypt, Sudan, etc. Genital mutilation is predominant and widespread in a majority of rural areas as well as villages throughout Africa. Astonishingly, genital mutilation is likewise dominant in the United States, Canada and England. This is owed to the fact that many immigrants from contributing

There are many global issues that plague our earth, even now in the 21st century. One of these issues is female circumcision. Female circumcision, or Female Genital Mutilation, is the partial or full removal of the external female genitalia for nonmedical reason. It is an inhumane practice that effects an estimated 200 million women around the world (Global Issues in Context). It is unclear where FGM originally became, but many believe that FGM originated in ancient Egypt and then spread to  East Africa. It was believed that FGM would ensure women’s virginity and reduction in the female desire. FGM has also been practised in

Female genital mutilation (FGM), also known as female circumcision has been raising red flags all over the world for quite some time now. FGM is a type of procedure causing alterations such as removing or cutting of the female genital organs for no medical reason necessary (UNFPA,2015). According to the World Health Organization, it is reported an estimated 140 million females (women and children) are victims to FGM predominately in Africa as well as some Middle East countries (WHO, 2014). The earliest record of practice known to man started in the Egyptian era back in 25BC and although there has been no hard evidence found researchers seem to believe it spread by dominant tribes for cultural purposes. FGM can be performed on girls starting

Around the world, there are acceptable and unacceptable cultural practices. Among the unacceptable one’s female genital mutilations (FGM) is one the worst cultural practices in some countries, and also it is against the law. FGM is defined as cutting or removing of the outer parts of the female genital for nonmedical prepuces. In the worldwide, 200 million girls and women are exposed for FGM because of cultural influences. This practice is rooted deep in the cultural norms of countries such as, Latin America, North America, Africa, the Arab States, sub-Saharan Africa, Eastern Europe, Australia,

Hemorrhage and severe pain which are an early complication of circumcision can lead to hypovolemic shock and death. Vulval epidermoid cysts, abscesses, septicemia and tetanus infections have been reported. Chronic urinary tract infections, the formation of keloids, infibulation which interferes with the drainage of urine and menstrual blood are often reported to cause anxiety, shame and fear. This practice has been linked to rituals in certain cultures, to preserve a woman’s virginity, secure the economic and social future of daughters, but how true can this claims be accurate if more than 125 million women are plagued by the adverse health consequences and stigmatized by this practice? Complications in pregnancy and childbirth are imminent. If there is a miscarriage, the fetus may be retained in the vagina with expulsion unable to occur because of the rigid perineum. This can lead to overwhelming infection with serious sequelae of sepsis, complicated caesarean section, postpartum hemorrhage, prolonged maternal hospitalization, shock, and

Why do societies permit and promote actions that interfere with the wholeness of the body? The mutilating female genitals “circumcisions” in whatever form clearly violate the body integrity of girls and women. (Gruenbaum 39) Clitoridectomy in many countries

The girls and women and not offered no anesthetic and it is done in a very unsanitary and inhumane manner, using razors or other sharpened stones or knives, being forcefully held down by their Mothers and other members of their society and cut by the village elder or their Mothers. Some believe your first born will not survive if you are not circumcised. It had to die because you have not linked yourself to the ancestors. You have to shed blood to link yourself with the ancestors or you cannot get blessings from the ancestors” (ncksub, 2009, figure 3:14-3:27). When you talk to a girl or woman from any of these cultures that practice Female circumcision they will tell you that it is their cultural and a social aspects that they will do to their daughters in order for them to remain a virgin and be acceptable to a husband regardless of the risks of death at the time of the circumcision or during birth when they have to be cut in order to do so. When it becomes time for these girls to undergo their circumcision they are not to show any signs of cowardice, such as crying out or bating of their eyelids, or shaking of their legs or hands, and must withstand the pain in order for them not to be labeled cowards. A myth in their society is that

Every individual in the world is born naturally then taking nature into our control is simply inhumane. Female circumcision is heinous, meaning that it is a monstrous practice since it gives immense physical pain and leaves both physical and emotional scars on a woman. Each person has the right to make their choice about their possessions, in this case it is their own body. It is unfair and unjust to perform a cultural act which is medically harmful to women even more worse if it is performed without their own will. I strongly debate that stern decrees be imposed to stop such practices in countries that still follow this outrageous act. I claim this view is because there are many damaging results associated with female genital mutilation. It harms women in ways that one cannot even imagine. Healthy and normal genital tissue is damaged hindering the natural function of female bodies. Other effects are severe soreness, shock, extreme bleeding, difficulty in urine passing out and other serious injuries (UNICEF, 2006). Thus performing this heinous act shows the vice characteristics people possess who follow this custom.