ken2a Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 "I am an American woman who received a clitoridectomy when I was a child. BlueCross/BlueShield covered clitoridectomies until 1974. It was a cruel thing to do to a little girl. I see no difference between what happened to me and what happened to my brothers who have been circumcised. It is all cruel and unnecessary. Pure fashion. Nothing holy. Nothing medically helpful. Just fashion. And business." ~ Patricia R. <patriciarobin@aol.com>."Circumcision makes women cleaner, promotes virginity and chastity and guards young girls from sexual frustration by deadening their sexual appetite." ~ Mrs. Njeri, a defender of female genitalmutilation in Kenya."Of course I shall have them circumcised exactly as their parents, grandparents and sisters were circumcised. This is our custom." ~ An Egyptian woman, talking about her young daughters.http://www.amnesty.org/ailib/intcam/femgen/fgm1.htm FGM data pagehttp://www.noharmm.org/femcirctech.htm W.G. Rathmann, M.D. GP, vol. XX, no. 3, pp 115-120 , September, 1959. "Female Circumcision: Indications and a New Technique."http://www.noharmm.org/circumfemale.htm "The same reasons that apply for the circumcision of males are generally valid when considered for the female." ~ C.F. McDonald, M.D. - Milwaukee, Wisconsin GP, Vol. XVIII No. 3, p. 98-99, September, 1958. "Circumcision of the Female."One Woman's View --"If I talk to women about circumcision and they don't seem to get it, then I make it personal. Sometimes I tell a story. (This probably works best woman to woman.) I'll tell them to: - Imagine that you are admitted to a hospital for some minor surgery. On waking up from the anesthesia, you realize that your inner labia and the hood over your clitoris have been cut off. When you confront your doctor, he explains that the tissue that was removed was redundant and not necessary for sexual functioning. He goes on to say that you will be much easier to clean and have less odor, there will be less chance of infection, and he felt that you would look 'better,' more aesthetic. He says that when he told all of the 'risks' and 'benefits' to your family, they gave informed consent for the procedure.How would you feel? Now imagine that you were awake and resisting, but they did it anyway. If they don't get it right away, they usually will later, when they are alone." - Susan PeerParents of Intact Sonshttp://www.circumstitions.com/Womans.htmlReferences:http://www.fgmnetwork.org/intro/mgmfgm.html Hanny Lightfoot-Klein (MGM and FGM Comparisons) http://www.math.missouri.edu/~rich/MGM/pshano/"Is There a Difference?"Online videos:http://www.circumcisionquotes.com/video.htmlhttp://www.intact.ca/vidphil.htmhttp://www.cirp.org/library/procedure/plastibell/ Online video and still photography.Criminal Assault?http://www.cirp.org/library/legal/boyle1/"Where Sex and Violence First Meet"http://www.birthpsychology.com/violence/baker.htmlThe Journal of Social History (1994)http://www.cirp.org/library/history/gollaher/Ethical medical practice and "circumcision"http://www.icgi.org/Downloads/Humanist.pdf"The Profoundly Disturbing and Explosive Facts."http://www.math.missouri.edu/~rich/MGM/primer.htmlArticle by Paul Fleiss, MD (Mothering magazine, Winter, 1997)http://www.mothersagainstcirc.org/fleiss.html"The Lost List"http://www.norm-socal.org/docs/The Ridged Bandhttp://research.cirp.orgInvoluntary Circumcision: The Legal Issueshttp://www.cirp.org/library/legal/vanhowe5Please visit: http://www.SexAsNatureIntendedIt.com. Sex As Nature Intended It: The Most Important Thing You Need to Know About *Making* Love But No One Could Tell You Until Now. The outstanding new book by Kristen O'Hara. Afterword by George C. Denniston, MD, President of D.O.C. (Doctors Opposing Circumcision).The Web address for D.O.C. is -- http://DoctorsOpposingCircumcision.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liqidxtc Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 if god gave it to you, why cut it off? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jy Posted May 16 Report Share Posted May 16 the whole purpose of our existence is to reproduce so what if we enjoy ourselves in the process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tastyt Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 Originally posted by jy the whole purpose of our existence is to reproduce so what if we enjoy ourselves in the process He pops up every now and then and posts stuff showing how our society is hypocritical as a whole because we circumicise males but find it barbaric when it's done to women. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cintron Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 well, our society is hypocritical.. but in this matter i dont think hypocrisy is so prevalent. In this case, circumcision of the female is COMPLETELY unnecessary. You are actually REMOVING a piece of tissue containing nerve ends which stimulate. The male equivalent would be like removing the entire tip of the penis, not just the foreskin, which is removed for many reasons, the most important of which is hygiene.it's rather ridiculous for women to have something cut OFF, aside from surplus skin. Not equivalent in the least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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