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Ángela
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 6, 2007 - 05:02 AM
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Today, February the 6th, is the World Day against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting. This practice has centuries of history, maybe even milleniums. But it has always been polemical because of the pain that causes and the need of taking away from a woman a part of her own body, causing health problems from then on, infections or even death.
Some societies promote it through believes that even say that a non-mutilated woman cannot be faithful to her husband or they disguise it saying that it is mandatory in Islam, but islamic spiritual leaders have denied this.
I am personally against this practice, even though I understand it is part of the culture of some communities.
What do you think about GFM/C? Are you against it or not? 
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 6, 2007 - 09:44 AM
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Obviously against it.
It doesn't matter if it's a tradition, it just doesn't make any sense.
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 6, 2007 - 10:17 AM
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If you ask me n rely on my knowledge and experience span over a couple of years in reproductive health....i never ever heard of such practice in Islam and no such traditions being practised in my part of the world...but I was reading a paper some INGO which stated that this is a practice in African countries and practised there.
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 6, 2007 - 01:02 PM
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Genital mutilation not only threatens the sexual and reproductive health of millions of females..it is also a violation of womens fundamental human rights.
Worldwide, about 130 million girls and young women have experienced this, and an additional 2 million are at risk each year..It is practiced in Africa, Asia and some Arab states..It is also practiced in some immigrant communities in Europe and South America.
Whether it is tradition or not..I am against it..There should be a ban..It's disgusting!
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 6, 2007 - 02:26 PM
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Yes, I agree that is not part of Islam, but it's also true that in Africa, where it has been practiced since pre-islamic times, they use the excuse of islamic precepts to continue doing it. But, I still want to make clear this point: AS FAR AS I KNOW IT IS NOT PART OF ISLAMIC PRECEPTS.
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 7, 2007 - 07:34 AM
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By the way, I'm reading a special report of Unicef, and it says that all this practices are also more harmful for girls than for boys because it is also part of the socializing processes that give boys an air of superiority and teach girls to be submissive and feel inferior. So it also has to do with gender equality (or in this case, unequality). Check out the report at: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/egm/elim-disc-viol-girlchild/ExpertPapers/EP.4Raswork.pdf
This is taken from:
http://www.un.org/womenwatch, a UN agency for gender equality.
This post was edited on: 2007-02-07 at 07:37 AM by: angelusgutmann
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 8, 2007 - 12:39 AM
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This thread is being moved to the Human Rights and Equity Board where it belongs.
Warm regards
Shweta
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 8, 2007 - 06:07 AM
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There are some really frightening figures included in a report by the UNICEF entitled:
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING
A Statistical Exploration 2005
You can view the statistical map on page 4, since it indicates the severity of this problem in my country, Egypt, compared to other African nations.
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 10, 2007 - 09:03 AM
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it is one of the inhuman pratices on earth
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 12, 2007 - 01:22 PM
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As I am medecine student in France, I can affirm you that we learn that female genital mutilation is against the women rights of having a free sexual live and have the liberty of her body which his her and don't own to anybody else that the woman.
It is a tradition without any sense except injuring the women and make her a traumatism, supposed to make women more "obeying" facing their husbands...
It should be condamned and abolished.
Simply because it is against the principle that WOMEN are HUMANS and as they are humans, they have rights, equal of men's rights.
One of these rights is : their body integrity.
And this mutilation has no curring sense...not as circomsision which is recognize to be good for men.
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 12, 2007 - 01:38 PM
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Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting is a violation of human rigths, its above the believe of religion, traditions and culture.
this practise has to be collectively stop by all hand on desk. it is widely prcatice because of the fear of refusal to marry the un-Circumcised girls, intimidation/discrimination from peer group and many more.
lets all join hand and say no to FGM
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
April 9, 2007 - 08:05 AM
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I am totally against !
But I am also against any decision based on religion orders whether it is not true !
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
April 10, 2007 - 06:25 AM
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It is true,FGM is a feature of many African cultures including my own. I tend to think that the main obstacle to eradicating FGM lies not only in the rest of the world condemning it but in educating the ones directly involved in it. It takes a child with an extremely strong mind to reject FGM, when all she hears about in school and from her friends was how so-and-so and so-and-so were circumcised together and what adventures and secrets they shared. I know of incidences where a girl runs off to be circumcised with her friends obviously because she wants to be considered as 'normal' (only to regret later).No-one likes to be the outcast .
There is a group in Maasailand in Kenya that I think have discovered there is some symbolism involved in this practise. It has also to do with ascending to a higher rank within the society-the community accepts that you're no longer a child.So apart from supporting its abolishment they carry out an alternative rite of passage other than FGM and I believe it's working well for them.
Personally I am against FGM, and would never allow any child to go through it if it were within my power to prevent it.
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
April 10, 2007 - 04:44 PM
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Does anyone else feel that male circumcision should also be called into question? I realize that it is not nearly as invasive or dangerous as female circumcision, but I think it is often done to baby boys instead of teaching them proper cleaning techniques. Is it not a violation of the boy's body?
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Re: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
April 11, 2007 - 03:03 AM
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AmyNeufeld wrote:
Does anyone else feel that male circumcision should also be called into question? I realize that it is not nearly as invasive or dangerous as female circumcision, but I think it is often done to baby boys instead of teaching them proper cleaning techniques. Is it not a violation of the boy's body?
With all due respect, I agree with all the posts on this thread, except this one. There is no evidence (according to my knowledge) in Islam of female circumcision. But for males, it is completely different story. It is a well established ritual in Judism, Christianity (Jesus was circumcised, but Paul changed it later), and Islam. This is regarding religious part. As for scientific part, Women having sex with uncircumcised men have much higher prevalence for cancer cervix. Circumcised males have lower prevalence in transmitting or contracting sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV. This month, WHO wrecommended male circumcision as a precaution towards HIV infection.
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