Essay on Female Genital Mutilation

In thirty countries, concentrated mainly in Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, “More than 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut...” in a practice widely known as female genital mutilation or FGM. (Female Genital Mutilation) FGM can be classified into three major types. The first includes the partial of full removal of the clitoris and, in very rare cases, they will just cut off the clitoral hood. The second entails removal of part or the entire clitoris, and the labia minora.

Peterman 4/7/16 Female Genital Mutilation What is Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)? Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is often the removal or cutting of the labia and the clitoris. The World Health Organization describes FGM as any procedure that injures the female genital organs for non-medical reasons. In the video FGM survivor: Fundamentally, it’s ‘child abuse’, “CNN talks about FGM also known as female circumcision or female cutting. This is the ritual removal of some or all the external female genitalia

Female Genital Mutilation in Egypt The term female genital mutilation or cutting refers to “all procedures involving partial or total removal of the external female genital or other injury to the female genital organs for non-medical reasons” (WHO, 4). The practice of female genital mutilation dates back over 2000 years ago, and is thought to have originated in Egypt as a sign of nobility. However, the practice now holds a deeply rooted inequality between the sexes and remains a severe form of discrimination

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

In some cultures, the common practice of Female Genital Mutilation in Africa and the Middle East, are causing concerns amongst these young girls. When it comes to a moral relativist, they would say that this process is morally correct, since it is their culture. Yet, others disagree, including myself. This practice can only be justified in terms of their culture, but disregarding that, it becomes an unnecessary practice. Taking all of these matters into consideration, it becomes a battle of who is

I think that the practice and reasoning behind female genital mutilation is completely wrong. In the Pokot tribe, young girls are circumcised for “practical” reasons. A few of these reasons involve a girl’s self-worth when it comes to marriage or too see if she is strong enough to become a woman within her village. However, having a circumcised vagina does not determine this; receiving an education does. Throughout the video, I found the marriage process of the Pokot strange. In exchange for the

will have an impact on our life in the future. Beza is an eleven-year-old girl who lives in an Ethiopian village. In this village, the practice of FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) is being carried out by force on girls who are far too young to make decisions for themselves. So what exactly is Female Genital Mutilation? There are three types of genital cutting that are practiced: the clitoridectomy which requires the removal of part or the whole clitoris to be amputated and the bleeding is stopped by

Female Genital Mutilation is a practice in which external portions of female genitalia are removed for non-medical, cultural reasons. In many countries and cultures, young girls are forced to go through this procedure before getting married, based on the belief that the practice will keep them pure and virgins. This practice, set in place by a patriarchal hegemonic system, controls and decides the lives of any girls in a lot of places. Often times, these lives are ended because the practice is non-medical

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines female genital mutilation (FGM) as “all procedures which involve partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs whether for cultural or any other non-therapeutic reasons.” There are four classifications of female genital mutilation: type I consists of the removal of the prepuce; type II is the removal of the clitoris and labia minora; type III is the removal of the external genitalia and the restricting

Female Genital Mutilation: Long Term Psychological Effects The Psychology Department The Final Paper Dr. F. Cramer Presented By: Tim Abbas ID # 92-1356 Female Genital Mutilation, or Female Circumcision as sometimes called, is the partial or complete removal of the female clitoris immediately after birth, few years after birth (early childhood), or several years after birth (adolescence). Originally, female genital mutilation was practiced to ensure female virginity until marriage; as it was discovered