Its about fucking time....
This is still widely practiced in many countries as a means to control female sexuality. If women cant orgasm, the thought is they wont cheat on their husbands. Therefore sexual pleasure is only for the male. Women do not even get a choice in the matter, they are usually too young to really understand whats going on when the procedure is done. Many young girls around the world die of infection due to this procedure.
At least this is a step in the right direction.....
YAHOO NEWS...
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt on Thursday finally banned all female circumcision, the widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a 12-year-old girl.
Officially the practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women in Egypt and goes back to the time of the pharoahs, was banned in 1997 but doctors were allowed to operate "in exceptional cases".
On Thursday, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali decided to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official told AFP.
Any circumcision "will be viewed as a violation of the law and all contraventions will be punished," said the official, adding that it was a "permanent ban".
A survey in 2000 said the practice was carried out on 97 percent of the country's women.
In the latest fatality, 12-year-old Bedur Ahmed Shaker was taken by her mother to a private clinic in Minya, a town on the Nile south of Cairo, for the operation. She died before she could be transferred to hospital.
*Now, I have heard some people tell me that this is part of their culture and religion so you have to respect that. I always find that disturbingly ridiculous. If part of someones culture or religion was to kill, oppress or mutilate a certain race, everyone would be up in arms. Yet somehow, if your a female, its ok. Its "tradition" or "old fashioned". Human rights are human rights. No matter what you have between your legs. Think about it.
This is still widely practiced in many countries as a means to control female sexuality. If women cant orgasm, the thought is they wont cheat on their husbands. Therefore sexual pleasure is only for the male. Women do not even get a choice in the matter, they are usually too young to really understand whats going on when the procedure is done. Many young girls around the world die of infection due to this procedure.
At least this is a step in the right direction.....
YAHOO NEWS...
CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt on Thursday finally banned all female circumcision, the widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a 12-year-old girl.
Officially the practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women in Egypt and goes back to the time of the pharoahs, was banned in 1997 but doctors were allowed to operate "in exceptional cases".
On Thursday, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali decided to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official told AFP.
Any circumcision "will be viewed as a violation of the law and all contraventions will be punished," said the official, adding that it was a "permanent ban".
A survey in 2000 said the practice was carried out on 97 percent of the country's women.
In the latest fatality, 12-year-old Bedur Ahmed Shaker was taken by her mother to a private clinic in Minya, a town on the Nile south of Cairo, for the operation. She died before she could be transferred to hospital.
*Now, I have heard some people tell me that this is part of their culture and religion so you have to respect that. I always find that disturbingly ridiculous. If part of someones culture or religion was to kill, oppress or mutilate a certain race, everyone would be up in arms. Yet somehow, if your a female, its ok. Its "tradition" or "old fashioned". Human rights are human rights. No matter what you have between your legs. Think about it.
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and I repeat ALL circumcision is barbaric anachronistic archaic and downright fucking STUPID.
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how awful
I'm glad that law passed and shit.
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