Female circumcision 'should be allowed by law' - member of Ireland's Islamic Cultural Centre #FGMhttps://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/female-circumcision-should-be-allowed-by-law-member-of-irelands-islamic-cultural-centre-36585441.html …
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Replying to @circmovie @firelooker
Big difference between a clitoris and a foreskin Call it what it is, female genital mutilation. You don't remove the flaps, you remove the clitoris. It is like cutting off someone's penis and comparing it to circumcision.
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They are both mutilation. There are more nerves, flesh, and function in a foreskin than there are in the clitoris. FGM has many forms, all are bad, but MGM is bad too. Do not justify one because it's "not as bad" as another. Both are human rights violations.
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Actually no. There are not more functions for a foreskin, nor nerve endings. it would be more akin to trimming the outer labia. But I can see views that it is mutilation either way. Surgically removing the Clitoris is the same as removing a penis and calling it a circumcision.
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Replying to @BrandonJWalker2 @TibbitTidbits and
What functions does the clitoris have, other than pleasure? Foreskin and clitoris share the functions of pleasure but the foreskin also: 1) provides for mechanical gliding of the shaft within the skin, preventing friction with a man's partner 2) protects the glans, which will >>
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Replying to @ReyosB @BrandonJWalker2 and
2> undergo the process of keratinization as it abrades on things like clothing, is not kept moist and protected by the foreskin, and is exposed to the open air. This is to protect the glans from that exposure but causes loss of sensation in it. 3) Forms part of the male immune >>
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3> system - the foreskin contains cells which are part of the immune system, langerhans cells. These are claimed by the US medical association to be why circumcision prevents disease, but there is more evidence showing infection rates are higher after circumcision. And many more
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