Type 1b fgm is, yes, it is the removal of the external part primary sensory tissue of the vulva (since the clitoris is mostly an internal organ, they don't actually remove the whole thing, ever) where as circumcision in men is the removal of the whole of the primary sensory >>
2> tissue of the penis. This is in fact the reason circumcision became a 'medical' option, to prevent the diseases masturbation caused (like blindness, or gangrene, or tuberculosis) We now know this to be junk science, and sexual pleasure is no longer evil, but the cut remains.