Ms Ali, who works in safeguarding in Ealing, is part of a programme educating primary school children about FGM, as well as teachers and parents She is a survivor herself and fell seriously ill after undergoing FGM aged 7 in Somaliahttps://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/fgm-survivor-hoda-ali-female-genital-mutilation-somalia-type-three-practice-experience-a8560126.html …
*cited America's Forgotten History of Female Circumcision https://sites.google.com/site/completebaby/female … Citations in the article.pic.twitter.com/sbHpcLZtCx
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CLITORIDECTOMY: A NINETEENTH CENTURY ANSWER TO MASTURBATION "..an American medical journal discussed the work of a British physician.. who claimed success in treating epilepsy and other nervous disorders in female patients by excising the clitoris." http://www.nocirc.org/symposia/first/duffy.html …
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"..this procedure was quite common in the 1800’s, less common in the early 1900’s, yet still being conducted in North America into the mid-fifties, was covered by Blue Cross until mid ’70’s, and not completely banned in the U.S. until 1996.."
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You do know that labelling yourself a 'skeptic' should involve bothering to do some actual sceptical inquiry, right?
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I’m well aware of the history of genital cutting in USA & how it was originally promoted to prevent masturbation. I tweet much about the prevalence of current day forced male genital cutting which I am completely opposed to. Regarding FGM my point still stands.
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Christianity arrived in USA centuries earlier. FGM did not arrive with Christianity. It came much later & is not practiced today except in mostly immigrant communities. Mass immigration is also increasing the numbers in UK, with 1000s of new cases each year, yet no prosecutions.
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Forced male genital cutting is a much bigger problem in USA & I’ll still keep talking about it until it becomes illegal. It is a violation of human rights. Nobody should have their genitals cut against their will, male or female.
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Church clinics my friend. Church clinics.
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