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Male circumcision no help to women?

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  • Wednesday, February 6, 2008 08:22 AM

    against all genital mutilation

    Those of us who are working towards bodily integrity and human rights issues surrounding genital mutilation include both men and women who have been subjected to genital mutilation.

    I've actually met women who have been mutilated at one of the intactivist events in D.C. What struck me is how much we were in the same boat. It's only because the US never really got into practicing FGM that many of us are unable to see that there isn't much distinction between FGM and MGM.

    Of course, every mutilation is unique. It's the general concept that is the same.

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