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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is a response from the forum about female circumcision that was referenced earlier in this thread...interesting...sounds familiar. Althought I'm sure many of you would never consider doing this to your girls.

"Re: Have you Sunat your girls? 
Did sunat a week ago. Actually very mild. They basically removed about a third of your hood and leave the clitoris in tact. So basically your clitoris is exposed rather than covered by the hood. No pain and recovered in under a week.

Thanks for everyone for there help"[/quote]

Do you really think this is representative if most female circumcisons?  Educate yourself on FGM and then weigh in.  Also, I don't believe for one second that removing a woman's clitoral hood isn't painful -  you are delusional.[/quote]

Referencing random blogs that you found through google is not helpful. There are those of us that have actually lived in countries where female circumcision is practiced and know women who went through this. The circumcision practiced in Malaysia is atypical and not as invasive as that normally practiced in Egypt, Sudan, Kenya, Somalia and other places. If female and male circumcision were the same, why would female circumcision be outlawed in some countries (such as Egypt), and why would there be an indigenous movement in each of these countries to end the practice through education and outreach to religious and medical leaders. Male circumcision in these countries is not controversial, but female circumcision is.

Is male circumcision controversial at all in Israel? In Muslim countries it is not, but I am curious as to whether this is a subject of debate within Israel. [/quote]

In Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore, the Islamic circumcision ritual for girls ranges from rubbing turmeric on the genitals, to pricking the clitoris to draw a symbolic drop of blood. In other instances, the procedure is more invasive, involving what WHO classifies as “Type I” female genital mutilation, defined as excision of the clitoral hood, called the prepuce, with or without incision of the clitoris itself. The amount of flesh removed, if any, is described by circumcisers as being "the size of a quarter-grain of rice, a guava seed, a bean, the tip of a leaf, the head of a needle." They use a small pair of sterilized scissors to cut a piece of the clitoral prepuce "about the size of a nail clipping." In some areas, they do cut the clitoris itself.

The quote above wasn't from a blog but a discussion board like this one.  http://www.mummysg.com/forums/f40/have-you-sunat-your-girls-29826/ [/quote]

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