The United States has banned female genital mutilation from being performed......?

Question

on girls under the age of 18. However in the cultures that practice this barbaric ritual, women, regardless of their age generally have no say in their lives, the men, be it their husbands or fathers, have all the say in what happens to them. Women have no recourse and most often times, no voice in these relationships. Don't you agree that the practice should be banned outright, completely from being performed on any female whatsoever? I think the us government is being very lax in their duty to prevent human rights violations in this case, not to mention many others, but I am only specifically talking about this one at the moment.

obviously banned only in the united staes

people, read the question, i am not asking the government to ban it EVERYWHERE, only in the us where we can, jesus christ, answer the question

i understand, male mutilation is no better, the difference is that males have it done by a doctor in a sterile environment, with medicines, and women are held down in homes, by family members while a person, NOT a doctor, takes a knife or razor blade and slices their genitals off with out sterilization, or medication, than are left to heal by themselves, with no medical attention. Research your cultures, many of these women cannot stand up and say no, cannot prosecute the people who have done this. Americans can, many other cultures women are taught and beaten into beleiveing they can't.

Answer 1

Yes it is barbaric & yes it should be banned everywhere. For some reason people feel the need to mutilate the bodies of women, animals, anyone or anything that has no say in it. Why do people "crop" ears & tails of their dogs? If they believe in God, don't you think these animals are perfect they way they are? Why mutilate them? The same thing with women. God put that thing there for a reason. Who are you to decide to cut it away?

Answer 2

Of course, it needs to be banned and to compare the practice of what is euphemistically called female circumcision to male circumcision is moronic. Don't people know of the detrimental health risks of this " procedure "? Regardless of when preformed, with or without permission and antiseptically or not, the practice is barbaric. To H*** with cultural relativist who defend the practice on the grounds, "cultural " hands off.

Answer 3

We cannot force other nations to ban the procedure, but we can make it illegal in our own country. The only thing we can do to those other countries is put economic pressure on them to ban it. We are not the world government.

Answer 4

no. coercion and being forced to do something against your will are already against the law.

And if women are being forced to do something they don't want to do, it's their responsibility to step forward and prosecute the jerks who did this to them.

Just like with rape. Sexing women isn't illegal. Only when it's done against their will is it illegal.

In a "free" country, it makes no sense to ban a practice than some *want* done to themselves provided that they are over 18 (the age government recognizes you as an adult and able to enter into agreements and contracts without another's permission).

What should be banned is male circumsions on people under 18. Why is male mutilation any better than female mutilation?

Answer 5

This is a horrible practice..
Why is the worthless useless Anti American United Nations doing nothing about it ??
It is an international affair....

Answer 6

It is not the U.S. government's job to police every other country's actions. Also, could the same thing be said for male circumcision. That is also genital mutilation.

Answer 7

how dare any government or women's group interfere with what is a noble tradition

Answer 8

thats gross