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Educate yourselves on the subject.

by Michelle305, Jul 10, 2008 06:54PM
Female circumcision, or female genital mutilation is practiced on 130 MILLION women a year. It is practiced in 30 African countires, as well as in Canada, US, Europe and Asia.

Also if you need a visual, you can go onto youtube, and type in female circumcision.

I included the definition of female circumcision:
Female circumcision, referred to by its critics as female genital mutilation (FGM), is a sociocultural practice that involves the pricking, piercing, stretching, burning, or excision, clitoridectomy, and/or removal of parts of or all tissues around a woman’s reproductive organ and in some cases infibulation ( the stitching together of the vulva in order to narrow the vaginal opening). Female Circumcision by Mary Nyangweso Wangilia Orbis Books New York, 2007, page8


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by SeriousSam, Jul 10, 2008 07:27PM
ANY TYPE OF GENITAL MUTILATION IS HORRIBLE! MALE OR FEMALE!!!!!!!

by katarina777, Jul 10, 2008 08:46PM
And as far as I am aware, it's the norm, and really normal, about males in the US as well. And in my experience, the people who tell the female circumcision horror tales will not respond, think, or even consider this point and just stubbornly claim and insist it's normal.

Well, I did not lovingly greet my sons into this world only to send them to that little doctor's office the next moment and where they would be legally and professionally mutilated by a professional who knows best.
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