Cultural Practices of Female Circumcision

Female circumcision in Sudan

Introduction Female circumcision (the partial or complete removal of the external female genitalia) is widely practised in the Sudan. It has persisted for centuries because of lack of awareness and knowledge about its adverse physical and psycho-social consequences and because of a firm belief in its supposed benefits of ensuring female chastity and securing marriage and subsequent harmonious f...

Female circumcision: Limiting the harm

OBJECTIVE To review the strength of evidence that links many health hazards to female genital cutting. MATERIAL AND METHODS Literature search in Medline/Pubmed and Google scholar. RESULTS Female genital cutting is still practiced secretly in both underdeveloped and developed countries due to prevailing strong traditional beliefs. There is insufficient evidence to support the claims that gen...

Female Genital Mutilation, Cutting, or Circumcision

Female genital mutilation (FGM), female genital cutting, or female circumcision of women, the theme addressed in this special issue has many terms. The short form acronym FGM is understood by most, and it does contain the notion that we are talking about a traditional practice that is harmful. The practice affects women in diaspora as well as African countries, and men are involved as decision ...

No distinction between male and female circumcision.

Cross-cultural epistemic practices

should provide a framework for the effective investigation of the entire complex problem of the intellectual processes of society—a study by which society as a whole seeks a perceptive relation to its total environment. It should lift the study of intellectual life from that of a scrutiny of the individual to an inquiry into the means by which a society, nation, or culture achieves understandin...