Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation female genital mutilation
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- noun
Female genital mutilation
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I would nerver jhave any of my children livingt in a place where they are exposed to FGm, BUT i DONTthink I would acre about them living in a polplace where FGM is not a specidfc threat to them.
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I would nerver jhave any of my children livingt in a place where they are exposed to FGm, BUT i DONTthink I would acre about them living in a polplace where FGM is not a specidfc threat to them.
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Due to NGO pressures - such as that by the late Edmund Kaiser, founder of Terre des Hommes, who launched the first campaign against these "traditional practices" - WHO organised a seminar in Khartoum in 1979 when the unambiguous term FGM was first coined.
Tundra Tabloids....... KGS 2010
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It basically came down to this for me: FGM is about controlling women – specifically about controlling the sexuality of girls and controlling their transition to and experience of womanhood – whereas my understanding of cultural/religious reasons for male circumcision is that those are different.
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When the motive for FGM is to ensure chastity before marriage and to curb female libido, then the nick option is not sufficient.
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In a release issued today, the AAP stated that it has “retired” its 2010 revised statement on FGM, is opposed to “all forms of female genital cutting” and “does not endorse the practice of offering a ‘clitoral nick.’”
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I do disagree, however, with her comment that FGM is a “genital burqa, designed to control female sexuality”.
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Moreover, the nick option does not address the main problem in Western liberal democracies where FGM is outlawed, which is that it can almost never be detected, so that few perpetrators are brought to justice.
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In a release issued today, the AAP stated that it has “retired” its 2010 revised statement on FGM, is opposed to “all forms of female genital cutting” and “does not endorse the practice of offering a ‘clitoral nick.’”
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Ummm dude, no offense, but FGM is NOT required by Islam and in most African countries that have a history with it, e.g. Nigeria, the Muslim inhabitants have lower rates of FGM than do the other citizens.
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