This is wonderful. Stop whatever you are doing and watch this #FemaleCircumcision is not #FGM
Brilliant insight @briandavidearp and Seth
http://bit.ly/2HH0kPv https://twitter.com/femcircumcision/status/981928354315161605 …
Is ur claim that cutting clitoral hood necessarily causes trauma, and does as a matter of fact (thereby) 'control' a girl's sexuality (again, what does that mean?), or it is *sometimes* traumatic, and (thus, then) has bad effects on sexual experience? If latter, also true of MC
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I had thought your motivation for opposition was the lack of consent and the violation of a child's sexual organ, which applies to females and males alike. But now you say something about 'controlling sexuality.' This is a conscious motive, and only toward girls, in your view?
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I discuss the "different motives" claim here: https://www.dovepress.com/female-genital-mutilation-and-male-circumcision-toward-an-autonomy-bas-peer-reviewed-article-MB …. And here I argue that separate campaigns for female and male cutting will ultimately undermine the former (i.e., backfire) http://blog.practicalethics.ox.ac.uk/2017/08/does-female-genital-mutilation-have-health-benefits-the-problem-with-medicalizing-morality/ …. This is a children's rights issue; stronger when united
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