Female Circumcision Research Paper

Female Circumcision also known as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) and Female Genital Cutting; is described as the action or traditional practice of cutting off partial or total removal of the external genitalia of girls and young women for cultural, religious, or other non-medical reasons. Ranging from the age of birth, childhood, adolescence, marriage, to having their own child. FGM has no health benefits. There are many risks to a procedure like this, such as: severe pain, bleeding or bacterial infection, open sores, and injury to genital tissue. Female Circumcision does not just involve immediate complications but also long term effects, for example: cysts, infertility, increase risk of childbirth complications, and later surgeries. This

These steps are taken from the World Health Organization, Medical Center. “The first step is called Clitoridectomy, which is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and, in rare cases, only the prepuce (the fold of skin surrounding the clitoris). The second step is called Excision, which is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majors (the labia are the lips that surround the vagina). The Third step is called Infibulation, which is the narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and repositioning the inner, or outer, labia, with or without the removal of the clitoris. There is also a fourth step which is just called other, it involves all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, pricking, piercing, incising, scraping, and cauterizing the genital

I do not understand why someone would want this pain for his or her daughter. I have read through the religious and cultural aspects and I fully understand them but to watch your own daughter go through this is beyond me. I found a journal entry from a young woman who had this procedure done at the age of ten. The journal entry can be found on the website called religionnerd.com. If you read through the article the girl states that she was cut with a blunt penknife, which has probably not been properly sterilized so it will lead to numerous infections. The article also states that no on was allowed to help her walk. My question is why? If the community is such a huge social pressure and impact on getting this operation done then why are the girls left to fend for themselves? It wasn’t their choice and a lot of them put up fights and have to be forcibly restrained but yet they deal with the consequences. A male or female who does not have any medical training usually carries out this procedure. I have read that it is very rare for the “doctor” to use anesthetics and they tend to use knives, scissors or razor blades. The young women who are forced to get this procedure done do not want it in the first place so why are they not given proper medicine to make sure that it will be a little more comfortable and that no other harm will come to them? I believe that in if a culture believes in Female