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Almost 500 cases of female genital mutilation identified in just one month in England

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  • #202
    shalalala
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,710 ✭✭✭shalalala


    Potatoeman wrote: »
    I dont agree with it but if she was found to be sexually active or have a child the family would have to support her. So its more case of god forbid she becomes a burden on the family. You have to see this from their cultural perspective no matter how much you dont like it.

    If a woman was to get pregnant outside of marriage then in all likelihood she would be disowned by a family so I really don't get where you are coming from. Disownment is fairly common in many cultures that carry out this. So no matter how I look at fgm, it cannot be rationalised.


  • #203
    Lillianna Numerous Undergarment
    Posts: 0 CMod ✭✭✭✭ Lillianna Numerous Undergarment


    She gets disowned by the family for incontinence after childbirth as a result of fgm too! There's no good reasoning for it, it's all "this is to get them a husband" (per an article by a fellow in the irish times who said this of his own daughters) and "because we've always done it"


  • #204
    Potatoeman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,366 ✭✭✭Potatoeman


    shalalala wrote: »
    If a woman was to get pregnant outside of marriage then in all likelihood she would be disowned by a family so I really don't get where you are coming from. Disownment is fairly common in many cultures that carry out this. So no matter how I look at fgm, it cannot be rationalised.

    It would still reflect on the family though. I dont agree with it and you would need to get an answer from someone that preforms it for real insight into motives but criticism from western cultures seems steeped in its own mindset.

    As I said earlier its easier to argue across cultures on grounds of ethics as they are universal.


  • #205
    qt3.14
    Registered Users Posts: 262 ✭✭qt3.14


    Wurzelbert wrote: »
    in science there is a study for everything, and much depends on how, by whom and for what purpose a study is done...there are studies that link the spread of aids to fgm...like these guys or that article...and the who (probably the most authoritative source here) would negate any positive effects of fgm as well...
    That's kind of my point. We shouldn't be chopping bits off kids pretty much full stop. Todays words of wisdom turns out to be tomorrows shame.

    Edit: Specifically in the case of HIV transmission, for both mgm and fgm afair it's linked to the reduction of bodily fluid generated by the respective organ. Guess what cheap, non-surgical method is available to reduce the exchange of bodily fluids during intercourse? Of course, condoms. HIV reduction by chopping the bits off boys or girls (one of which the WHO heartily endorses) sort of ignores the non-surgical options.


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