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Originally posted by Holo
The clitoris is the most intriguing part of the human body even tho it's only a female organ. Imagine something that exists solely for pleasure...you'd have to be a real piece of shit to want to destroy something so beautiful.
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Well, that's exactly the thing, isn't it? A patriarchal culture is very, very threatened by the clitoris. If there is a technical means of eliminating the central feminine mystery, a patriarchy will develop it, and then codify it into tradition.
I guess it'd never occurred to me that female circumcision was practiced much in the US. Though it makes sense that it might be, among strictly traditional immigrant families.