I've heard that around 90% of women have had this procedure done to them in Egypt. Is this true? Why is it so common? And how common is it in the cities like Cairo, Alexandria, Giza? Or is it also as common there as it is in the villages?
2006-11-06 19:34:07 · 10 answers · asked by livinglife 1 in Travel ➔ Africa & Middle East ➔ Egypt
OMG who told u so?
90%!!! that is totally wrong
the percentage in Egypt is very low and only existing in rural areas, we're expecting it to completely vanish soon.
i dont have a proof of that, but i'm an egyptian and we know about that.
we are Muslims and Islam religion orders us to perform these surgeries to boys only, not girls.
almost 100% of boys undergo the surgery.
but the female surgery is a sign of ignorance and thats why we have many awareness campaigns in the media to convince the small number of people who still do that.
2006-11-06 19:54:27 · answer #1 · answered by Yasmine 4 · 5⤊ 0⤋
Not true! As everyone said, the percentage in Cairo, Giza, & Alex can reach zero (except for villagers coming to live in these cities.. U never know)...
It was an old practice common in villages with very simple poor people. Now education lessens it & we expect it to reach zero in the villages soon!
2006-11-10 06:20:54 · answer #2 · answered by Ouzy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do not believe that percenatge is correct. I live in Cairo, Giza, and I do not have a single friend who has had that operation, and believe me I have lots of friends. I think Alexandria is more or less the same. But unfortunately I cannot give you exact information regarding villages although I still do not think the percentage is so high.
2006-11-06 19:37:27 · answer #3 · answered by rinah 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The poster above me has it nailed: The proceedure is to make sex unpleasurable for women, so that they are less likely to cheat on their husbands. Funny, this whole thing, because it also ensures that she won't find sex with her husband pleasurable, either. Isn't that really a bold statement on how insecure some men can get? How's that for another shining example of why intellegent life from other planets makes no effert to contact us?
It's along the same lines as the Jewish practice of circumcision, where the foreskin is removed from the penis. It supposedly toughes and desensitizes the most pleasure-granting area of the penis, making males less likely to masturbate. Sure, they've tryed to add that circumcision has medical benefits (It doesn't. That whole thing about reducing a man's chance of getting AIDS has no scientific grounding whatsoever, and nor could it since AIDS is transmitted by bodilly fluids with an infected partner--and this happens the same whether a man has a foreskin or not.) but the fact remains that it's a religious ritual based off of the fear of sex and self-exploration. Laughable stuff, and worth some entertaining reading.
I'll let you in on a little not-so-secret, though. I have a wife, and her genitalia are exactly the way they were meant to be. See, I trust and love my wife--which means that I don't worry about her straying off with anyone other than the man she gave her vows to: Me. And it makes me happy that she's able to enjoy herself when we're intimate. That's what it means to be in a satisfying partnership; you live for making each other happy in every way possible. Of course, my wife is also not considered by me as property. She's my equal, my partner, my best friend. I can't imagine living with insecurity so strong that I must force my wife into never being able to experience the full joys she's entitled to.
2006-11-06 20:01:45 · answer #4 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
You information is completely false, you need to recheck the source that provided u with this false information, am Egyptian and such cases are very minor, ignorants only do this and believe me you can't even consider it 1% of the Egyptian women, even ignorants stopped doing this long ago. Villages are completely differnet than the idea of ignorant farmers any more
2006-11-07 12:42:58 · answer #5 · answered by Thank God 4 everything 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know if it's more common in Egypt than elsewhere in Muslim Africa, but it's a means of ensuring male control. Making sex excruciating is stupid and cruel but ensures a woman won't cheat on her husband.
2006-11-06 19:38:38 · answer #6 · answered by Dunrobin 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If that were true, the USA would be flooded with female Egyptians. As it is, a Nigerian woman is granted automatic asylum to America if she is in fear of having her genitalia mutilated.
2006-11-06 19:45:46 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yasmine is right!
2006-11-06 21:12:14 · answer #8 · answered by Kalooka 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
fake info.
2006-11-09 00:40:40 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pyramids are cursed
2006-11-06 19:36:29 · answer #10 · answered by flavorlicious 2 · 0⤊ 8⤋