The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women And Islam
“Implicitly, this likens it to male circumcision. If male circumcision meant removing the glans and testicles, and adhering the remains of the penis to the empty sac, the comparison would be valid. It is not valid. “Circumcision” is a term that implies that the practice is acceptable. It is not acceptable. Nor is it culturally “excusable.”Genital mutilation of girls is the most underestimated violation of human rights and women’s rights worldwide. In 2002, according to Amnesty International repo...rts, between 1 million and 1.4 million girls were robbed of their genitals. The international community is more gripped by the spread of the HIV virus and AIDS than by the atrocious practice of genital mutilation in girls. Yet the health complications that circumcised women suffer are shocking, pernicious, and widespread. For instance, working in Ghana, Dutch urologist Hans de Wall was visited by an utterly distraught twenty-six-year-old woman who had been circumcised with a piece of broken glass when she was ten.MoreLess
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