I call BS on this article. If “cutting” posed a lethal risk to these girls then Coroner records would show it. And exactly how would 7-15 year old scar tissue on the outside of woman’s genitals caused complication during childbirth?
Also note that is only the women, who have undergone the procedure themselves as children, that are performing this procedure on their daughters.
Just like MGM (Male Genital Mutilation) or circumcision western medicine needs to step in and come up with a safe, sane procedure to limit any significant harm to the girls while still satisfying the cultural wishes of the parents.
“And exactly how would 7-15 year old scar tissue on the outside of woman’s genitals caused complication during childbirth?”
Simple question, simple answer......scar tissue is not elastic.
“...western medicine needs to step in and come up with a safe, sane procedure to limit any significant harm to the girls while still satisfying the cultural wishes of the parents.”
So it is only the crudeness of the procedure you find objectionable? Do the results and underlying motivation not matter?
It’s bad enough giving birth through a vagina. Giving birth through scar tissue with no stretch whatsoever will guarantee horrendous tears.
Each labia is cut off, then the two sides are sewn together with a small opening left to make a smaller ‘hole’. This is torn apart to give birth. After having a baby, many husbands insist on sewing this back the way it was so the women can go through it again. Remember, not a lot of these women give birth in modern American style hospitals with pain medicine.
Not to mention urinary tract infections, fistulas, and for the baby, possible brain damage or death if passage through the birth canal is slowed too much.
LOL - you’re joking right?
Are you insane?
So, is it OK for parents to have their daughters’ clitoris and labia removed?
There is a huge difference between the removal of the foreskin and the removal of the clitoris.
This practice makes it all but impossible for the female in question to experience any sort of sexual pleasure or orgasm, let alone the other problems.
To be more graphic, after the surgery these girls are “sewn together” so there is but a little hole for urine and blood to pass through. Then, on the wedding night, the groom is given a single edge razor blade to “open” his bride up. Has to have constant sex so she doesn’t grow back together.
Sounds like heaven on earth, doesn’t it??
I guess you are going in to have your anus removed and sewed together real small to prove your point