Why do they even do this in the first place???

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 1:58 pm

From Yahoo:

CAIRO (AFP) - Egypt on Thursday finally banned all female circumcision, the widely-practised removal of the clitoris which just days ago cost the life of a 12-year-old girl.

Officially the practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women in Egypt and goes back to the time of the pharoahs, was banned in 1997 but doctors were allowed to operate "in exceptional cases".

On Thursday, Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali decided to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official told AFP.

Any circumcision "will be viewed as a violation of the law and all contraventions will be punished," said the official, adding that it was a "permanent ban".

A survey in 2000 said the practice was carried out on 97 percent of the country's women.

In the latest fatality, 12-year-old Bedur Ahmed Shaker was taken by her mother to a private clinic in Minya, a town on the Nile south of Cairo, for the operation. She died before she could be transferred to hospital.

Her mother accused the woman doctor of negligence, charging that her daughter's death was linked to the anaesthetic and not the removal of the clitoris, for which she had paid 50 pounds (nearly nine dollars). Police have arrested both women.

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 2:15 pm

Whoa, hang on a moment....

"Female circumcision" has always, as far as I know, meant the removal of the hood of the clitoris, not the clitoris itself.

What in the world....?!!

Lester · Post by **Lester** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 3:27 pm

Wrong-O, Arp-O. Female circumcision is the removal of the clitoris so that the woman will not enjoy the act of sex. This is to keep her from "straying" from her husband.

97% percent? Holy Shiite.

Arp2 · Post by **Arp2** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:14 pm

I thought it was the removal of the hood for the purpose of removing the protection that the clitoris has such that it is exposed in very painful fashion to everything that gets anywhere near it.

Ah....it's apparently either, both, and/or more.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_circumcision

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:17 pm

Arp2 wrote:I thought it was the removal of the hood for the purpose of removing the protection that the clitoris has such that it is exposed in very painful fashion to everything that gets anywhere near it.

Ah....it's apparently either, both, and/or more.....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_circumcision

ya know

[off topic]

wikipedia is the BOMB!!! even though, it's not 100% accurate... i use it almost DAILY.

Dave Allen · Post by **Dave Allen** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 5:48 pm

Wait a minute..women have a sexual organ, other than a credit card?

herdgirl72 · Post by **herdgirl72** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:24 pm

......nevermind.....

Lee · Post by **Lee** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:33 pm

Yeah..

When a man gives them one it's the only way to talk them into certain...."things."

It's like a legalized form of prostitution.

Zak Tyler · Post by **Zak Tyler** » Thu Jun 28, 2007 6:38 pm

herdgirl72 wrote:......nevermind.....