VTA

Always good to see acts of barbarism being done away with...


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By Magdi Abdelhadi
BBC Arab Affairs Analyst

Egypt has announced that it is imposing a complete ban on female circumcision, also known as genital mutilation.
The announcement follows a public outcry after a young girl died during the operation.

A ban was introduced nearly 10 years ago but the practice continued to be allowed in exceptional circumstances.

A health ministry spokesman said no member of the medical profession would be allowed to perform the operation in public or private establishments.

Those who broke the law would be punished, the spokesman said.

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...the death of a 12-year-old girl in Upper Egypt a few days ago triggered an angry barrage of appeals from human rights groups to both the government and the medical profession to act swiftly and stamp out the practice.

The doctor who carried out the operation has been arrested.

Egypt's first lady, Susanne Mubarak, has spoken out strongly against female circumcision, saying that it is a flagrant example of continued physical and psychological violence against children which must stop.

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jfuh

About fracking time.

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RightinNYC

Good deal.

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VTA

Aside from the obvious, I don't know why this subject always bothered me. There's plenty of misery in the world, and plenty doesn't touch me, but female circumcision always got to me.

talloulou

Now when are we going to get around to banning the practice of welcoming our little boys into the world by slicing up their schlongs???

Hatuey

Hey hey.....leave turtle necks to Europeans....

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1069

Interesting.
So, you believe (I assume?) that natural, unmodified female genitals are best, yet you feel that male genitals are unacceptable in their natural state and ought to be surgically modified at birth?
Don't worry, you're not alone; most of America shares your belief.
I wonder, however: does this mean that the majority of Americans impicitly concede that females are inherently superior to males after all?

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talloulou

Eh I don't know. I've never had a turtle but I've had enough to know that when it comes to the almightly schlong it has not been my experience that less is more!

cherokee

Do you even know why they do this to their women?

talloulou

Do you know why we do it to our little boys?