The Cruelty of Female Circumcision

Introduce your topic: For those who are not familiar with FGC, it is a cultural practice that has been around for thousands of years. As defined by the World Health Organization female genitalia circumcision comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons.

The horrible practice of female circumcision in sections of Africa as summarized in Female Circumcision: Rite of Passage or Violation of Rights? must be stopped. Female circumcision has been exercised for centuries in Africa and is usually performed without any anesthetic by practitioners with insufficient knowledge of human medicine or anatomy. Female genital cutting is a component for preparing adolescent girls for womanhood and marriage. There are three general types of genital excision: clitoridectomy, excision, and infibulation - the severity is in ascending order. Infibulation is the most severe and is “particularly likely to cause long-term health problems” (Althaus 245). Despite the ample amount of risks and health problems, some practitioners view female circumcision as an “integral part of their cultural and ethnic identity, and some perceive it as a religious obligation” (Althaus 243). The cultural practice of female circumcision requires the scrutiny of the West and should be abolished altogether because genital excision is injurious to women's health, has no health benefits, and is a violation of human rights.

Female circumcision in the Global South is a controversial regarding this topic. People are continuingly debating about it how harmful the practice. People who are against the practice claimed that the practice is very harmful for these young girls and women. This practice is not only physically harmful, but also psychologically affect them. So anti-female circumcision is doing everything in their power to stop the practice in the Global South. Program such as the TOSTAN is encouraging young girl to say no the practice. On the other hand, there are people who defending the female circumcision. They claim that the practice has not harm. And they are denying the fact that this practice decreases sexual pleasure in these young women and female.

Probably the biggest difference between male and female circumcision is how much more tissue is removed during female circumcision. Sometimes, the female’s outer vulva on her vagina are removed. But often, both the outer and inner vulva are removed, in a circumcision called infibulation. Then the opening is stitched to form a small hole, out of which urine and menstrual blood may have difficulty exiting. And given any scar tissue surrounding the hole, it can become rather inelastic, making sexual penetration by the male difficult at first. For some couples, it can take the man up to a month to achieve penetration. A male circumcision, part or all of his foreskin is removed during circumcision, and often part or all of the tissue connecting the foreskin to the penis is removed. In a female circumcision, only the hood of the clitoris may be removed, but usually the entire clitoris is removed, and the outer and inner vulva are removed too. Both male and female circumcision is painful and has no reason to be done, so if female circumcision is consider “wrong” and” immoral” then so should male

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), female genital mutilation consist of a non-medical procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs (Lauren V, 2011).Typically girls from two weeks old, through fourteen years old, are affected by this procedure. The mutilations are conducted under non-sterile conditions; by using razors, knifes, scissors etc.; and without any anesthesia.

The percentages of circumcised males vary around the world. According to the AAP 1999 Circumcision Policy Statement, it is estimated that 1.2 million newborn males are circumcised annually in the United States alone. Some studies have provided evidence for potential benefits to having newborn males circumcised. One of these is the reduced risk of HIV and other STDs. Once a male has contracted an STD regardless of their circumcision status,

Some may say, how can you be okay with male circumcision, but not female circumcision, every should be treated the same and you should not be so biases when it comes to circumcision. For one, they are done for two completely diffent reasons. Female circumcision as a ritual that is said tp change a girl into a women, it is done to make a girl remain a virgin until marriage and make the girl suitable for marriage. Those do not seem like justifiable reasons to cause damage to a child’s body.

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) or a less ethnocentric term Female Circumcision is a form of violence that is approved by the societies in which it is practiced. About 183 million women have undergone such mutilation. The geographic areas of practice include North-East Africa and parts of the Middle East. Although it is illegal in Canada, it is practiced by immigrants from those areas. For the most part, men do not involve themselves in the practice, and its greatest supporters are women in the communities affected. It

Female Genital Cutting to be mutilation need to be consider because it's a big major concern to me. female circumcision and children can be die cause of infection or permanent health problems as well as severe pain and bleeding, can affect all part of the genitals, difficult

“Circumcision is an elective surgical procedure to remove all or part of the foreskin (prepuce) from the penis" (Jarvis, pg. 693, 2012). This nontherapeutic surgical procedure has small risk for complications such as pain, bleeding, swelling, or inadequate skin removal. Serious complications are rare and include excess bleeding, wound infection, and urinary retention (Jarvis, pg. 693, 2012). “The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) states that current evidence…..shows that health benefits of newborn male circumcision outweigh the risks. Male circumcision reduces the risk for men of acquiring genital herpes, genital ulcers, and oncogenic human papillomavirus (HPV). Female partners of circumcised men have a reduced risk of acquiring HPV, bacterial

, Here in America this helps because patients do not have to endure the surgical removal of the foreskin when they get older, and they run the risk of the most considerable complications (Pillitteri, 2014). The socioeconomic influences of male circumcision are becoming more common because of the desire to be traditional in countries where the majority of boys are circumcised. Circumcision has health benefits, and it would be helpful for circumcision to be accessible to parents. This can be attained with health provider education. Today awareness of improved hygiene and lower risk of infections through male circumcision have motivated the spread of circumcision practices in the developing countries (Chiringa, Ramathuba, & Mashau,

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.

In certain societies and culture, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a rite of passage and the young girls are aware of the procedure (Nawal, 2008, pp. 135-139). Furthermore, the societies and cultures who partake in this procedure as a rite of passage, religious reasons, so the girls will not be promiscuous before they get married, so the men’s penis does not fall off, and men in certain societies would prefer their wife to be circumcised (Mascia-Lees 2010, pp. 159). Even though certain societies and cultures have their reasoning for performing Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), FGM can cause medical, psychological, and pyscho-sexual consequences (Reyners, 2004, pp. 242-251). According to Reyners (2004) most of the girls and women who had Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) type three conducted, they tend to experience heavily affected reproductive and urological functioning. Furthermore, according to Reyners (2004) also recommended if any woman is pregnant and has had any form of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) done, they should be monitored for their safety as well as the infants.

Female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation, is a traditional practice, adopted mainly in several countries in Africa but has been remained unknown for many other societies. It applies usually on young girls before their first menstruation and involves the removal of the external female genital, clitoris, either partly or completely, associated with sewing the vagina opening shut. However, in some cases, women get circumcised after their first birth giving or before getting married. The desire is to keep the value of women as well as to control female sexual desire associated with other religious beliefs and myths. As cruel as it sounds, female

FGM originated in Africa. It was, and remains, a cultural, not a religious practice. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is also known as female circumcision is performed on young women before they reach puberty. There are three types of FGM practiced. One is Sunna circumcision in which the tip of the clitoris and/or its covering (prepuce) are removed, Clitoridectomy where the entire clitoris, the prepuce and adjacent labia are removed, and Infibulation (a.k.a. Pharaonic circumcision) which is a clitoridectomy followed by sewing up of the vulva. Only a small opening is left to allow urine and menstrual blood to pass. In all types of FGM, the vagina is sown up until the female is ready to have sexual intercourse