Circumcision on Women

By: Sebastian Alvarez

In many African countries there's mutilation practice which has been known for generations in their culture.  This horrible practice is known as Female Circumcision it's the removal of a women's external genitalia. In many culture's this is view as a normal norm in their society or my mean the passage of a girl into womanhood. The main point in Female Circumcision is the removal a woman's pleasure feeling factor out of her sex life so that her only purpose is to reproduce.  The number of women that are thought to have undergone the removal of their external genitalia is thought to be 140 million.[1] The procedure is mostly known to be done without any anesthesia and thought to be done with a razor blade or a non-medical cutting device.  This women are thought to have been mutilated during her childhood. This practice has been done for thousands years in Africa and has spread around the globe to many parts of the world such as Indonesia, Yemen, Iran. This practice sometimes thought to be alike male circumcision, but does not bring any positive aspects to a women who has this procedure. 

Though the practice is seem to many to be normal in many cultures , many studies have proven to shown that Female Circumcision is a horrible practice to be done in a woman and may cause severe pain, shock, bleeding, urine infractions, or infections.[2] This procedure was not known much to the Western Civilization until the 1980's where many organizations started to oppose the Female Circumcision which was being done under horrible procedures.[3] The opposition against Female Circumcision has rose over the years as its been noted as mutilation by many doctors and experts.  Over the years many countries have passed laws to outlaw the practice of Female Circumcision, but still have many problems in preventing it.  In my opinion, Female Circumcision is horrible act of mutilation against women and should not only be outlawed, but should be punished. Though there's a big movement against Female Circumcision it is still not seen as a criminal act, but it is only seen as a mistake in many cultures. Though the practice is being stopped in many parts of the world, the mutilation of women is starting to stop and becoming a strange practice of circumcision around the world.  This is my stance about Female Circumcision being done around the world. 

[1] Gulf News, 2014. s.v. "Man charged over genital mutilation of baby." http://gulfnews.com/news/world/other-world/man-charged-over-genital-mutilation-of-baby-1.1283306 (accessed January 31, 2014).

[2] World Health Organization, 1986. s.v. "Health complications of female genital mutilation." http://www.who.int/reproductivehealth/topics/fgm/health_consequences_fgm/en/ (accessed January 31, 2014).

[3] Althaus, Frances, ed. Guttmacher Institute, 1997. s.v. "Female Circumcision: Rite of Passage Or Violation of Rights?." https://guttmacher.org/pubs/journals/2313097.html (accessed January 31, 2014).