In this interview the historian Sarah Rodriguez. 9781580464987 Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon.
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Its bad its vile its abusive its barbaric its an oppression of women.
Female circumcision usa. In fact its so bad one could run out of adjectives to describe its evil and still not be able to exaggerate it. Americas Forgotten History of Female Circumcision In the USA while involuntary female circumcision never became routine like involuntary male circumcision became it was promoted and done by some of the same doctors who were doing it to boys. Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States.
A History of a Medical Treatment Rochester Studies in Medical History Rodriguez Sarah B. America has a long and dark history regarding both male and female circumcision. Its often done by people with no medical training and in filthy places posing.
But to understand why this happened we have to take a peek at the context of. During female circumcision FGM the spines are introduced in the genital area to solve a stabbing burning pain. There are different types of procedures used for female circumcision such as clitoridectomy excision infibulations and other.
Female circumcision is a problem unfamiliar to most Western health care practitioners. A History of a Medical Treatment Rochester Studies in Medical History English Edition eBook. Excision involves partial or complete removal of the clitoris as well as the labia minor.
The practice of female genital alterations has been referred to by many different names. The World Health Organization WHO and the United Nations UN define FGMC as any partial or total removal of the external female genitalia or any other injury of the female genital organs for nonmedical reasons The United States also uses this definition in its efforts to end the practice. Female genital mutilation or female ritual cutting involves altering or injuring female genital organs.
This 2 part video series will cover the history of female circumcision in Am. This is probably a big surprise for most readers as masturbation doesnt seem like a medical issue and also doesnt seem to be prevented by circumcision in the US. So FGM is not just an African phenomenon.
Female Circumcision and clitoridectomy were a quite common practice in the United States for 150 years. FGMC is sometimes called female circumcision. Female circumcision is a taboo subject.
Female circumcision also known as female genital cutting FGC or the more demonized female genital mutilation FGM is defined by the World Health Organization as all procedures involving. The immediate reaction to its mention is to evoke revulsion. However many believed this term euthanized and.
The issue of female circumcision takes on special significance as more women migrate to the United States from countries where the practice has religious and traditional underpinnings. The United Nations conducted their earliest studies on these practices using an anthropological approach adopting the term female circumcision which the World Health Organization adopted as well. From the late nineteenth century through the mid-twentieth century American physicians treated women and girls for masturbation by removing the clitoris clitoridectomy or clitoral hood female circumcision.
An activist in a growing movement in this country to halt the practice of female circumcisionalso called female genital mutilation or FGM she among others is. Clitoridectomy involves removing the clitoris it could be partial or complete removal. Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy in the United States.
There are several reasons Americas practice of routine infant circumcision started but one outstrips the rest by far.
