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Old 10-21-2004, 11:06 AM   #16 (permalink)
maleficent
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Suave
I've never heard of the clitoris being cut off in female cirucmcisions. I'd only heard of the labia being "trimmed down" I guess you could say. Either way, I'd like to know what the results are under sterile and healthy conditions, because at the moment (due to both cultural apprehensions and the nasty conditions under which they're performed) there is a huge stigma around female circumcision.
some light reading for y'all
http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm
http://www.religioustolerance.org/fem_cirm.htm
http://www.africa2000.com/bndx/circum.html
http://www.eskimo.com/~gburlin/female.html

and this site is somewhat in favor of it
(Somewhate NSFW photos -- but in a medical context - not a tawdry context_
http://www.noharmm.org/femcirctech.htm
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