Do women circumcise in African countries ? If so, give me complete details relating to the website. Thanks !?

Question

Please give me details with evidence and picture.

Answer 1

Yes around 19 million girls a year in Africa and the middle east are circumcised every year. Circumcision is the wrong word though as usually its excision of the clitoris at least with full vulvectomy and infibulation too being very common. Usually this mutilation is done with no pain control or infection control and the girls are simply held down and cut by untrained older women. Death is not uncommon but the usuall complications are loss of a lot of blood, infection, retained urin/kidney problems, loss of all sexual pleasure, agonising intercourse after marriage, problematic child birth etc. To find out more search for FGM (Femail Genital Mutilation) Yahoo videos has a film of a poor girl suffering this torture.

Answer 2

National Geographic:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/02/0220_020219_TVcircumcision.html

Answer 3

Yes they do it is not called a circumcision it is called a clitorectomy. Where they take a sharp "Knife Like" object and cut the clitoris out. They believe that this will keep the child from being promiscuous. That it will keep her pure and faithful because she will not be able to enjoy sex. It is part of their culture. Many women have died from this procedure, most times it is a botch job and they catch infections and or bleed to death from it. Women have come to America to seek asylum from this. It sounds that you do not believe that this goes on.

Answer 4

so that national geographic article posted has now scarred me for life. i am sooooo glad to not be from africa!

Answer 5

not voluntarily