Importance Of Female Circumcision

Circumcision is a practice whereby an individual’s foreskin is lacerated or removed. In most countries such a practice is undergone by males as a symbol of transition from being a boy into manhood. In other parts of the world, young girls and women are coerced to partake in “rituals” similar to those of the male circumcision at a very young age. The accompanying paper will investigate the part of women play in social orders that practice female genital mutilation/cutting. This will be accomplished through explaining female circumcision: what it is, the reasons as to why it exists, the wellbeing dangers the practice brings about, and an appraisal of various perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation.

The Practice

‘In Egypt, Eritrea, and Guinea, FGM prevalence is 75% or more in every region of the country. In other countries, the extent of the practice varies

These girls are also told to not talk to anybody about what has happened to them during the initiation, or consult advice about this new stage of “womanhood” neither from peers who have undergone the same practice or anyone else for that matter. In this way social relationships are placed at risk because the new initiated young girls cannot engage in meaningful, honest friendships with fellow cohorts due to the teachings received during initiation.

Perspectives on Female Genital Mutilation

This polarity of conclusion concerning the rehearse makes struggle in the group between those who hold fast to the convention of female circumcision and the individuals who advance human rights by endeavouring to preclude the practice. An examination of perspectives will now show how the global group’s supposition of female circumcision and how the claims the world has made about the practice has made as inclination against female circumcision and the general population that holds fast to it.

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