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Revision as of 03:43, 12 September 2009 editGambianbojang (talk | contribs)1 editNo edit summary← Previous edit Revision as of 11:20, 27 September 2009 edit undoLilahKnight (talk | contribs)1 edit Someone without female genitalia wrote the "Sexual consequences" section, touting it as being potentially sexually pleasurable to have your genetalia cut off and sliced open. I'd like it corrected.Next edit →
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*Update the "Sexual consequences" section to be more neutral/realistic, as presently it's being touted as being a potentially positive sexual experience. Removing and damaging organs with nerve endings that account for sexual pleasure would most definitely result in lowered capacity for sexual pleasure. Further more, claiming that it depends more on the victim's frame of mind is an insult to women that who are not in a "positive mind frame" about having their genitals being mutilated.
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  • Update the "Sexual consequences" section to be more neutral/realistic, as presently it's being touted as being a potentially positive sexual experience. Removing and damaging organs with nerve endings that account for sexual pleasure would most definitely result in lowered capacity for sexual pleasure. Further more, claiming that it depends more on the victim's frame of mind is an insult to women that who are not in a "positive mind frame" about having their genitals being mutilated.
  • Expand introduction
  • Search for and eliminate duplicate references
  • Integrate commentary on cultural relativism
  • Update information on Christianity - there are indigenous, ancient pre-Western Christian traditions in Africa and the current article presupposes a biased Western view -particularly important given that Egypt and Ethiopia in particular have high rates of FGC and large, dominantly non-Western Christian denominations cf http://en.wikipedia.org/Christianity_in_Africa--N4guy (talk) 21:37, 28 July 2008 (UTC)
  • You need to add Malaysia to your list. 99% of ethnic Malay who are Muslims have it done (hoodectomy)

It is now extremely rare in Indonesia, but male circumcision is universal among Muslims and not in the other groups 75%-80% Indonesian males circumcised


You need to also see a piece in the May/June 2009 issue of World Watch magazine on female circumcision in The Gambia by an anthropologist, Dr. Dawn Starin, who talks about it in a piece called Notes from The Gambia