Question

Describe the two forms of female circumcision that are common in the Black community. Why do you think some women promote and sustain the custom? write in third person and give one big good paragraph :)

Answer 1

The practice of female “circumcision,” or traditional female genital surgery, is simultaneously complex and controversial. Although some consider it a human rights infringement, others view it as an integral part of cultures in which it remained unchallenged for centuries. With more than 30,000 Africans entering the United States in the last decade, American clinicians are challenged with meeting African women’s health needs, as they are barraged with a debate about the ethics and politics of circumcision.

Many African women label this practice “genital mutilation,” believing “circumcision” to be deceptive. Other women do not consider their bodies mutilated and find the former term judgmental and inflammatory. We use the term “circumcision.” More neutral and more accurate terms now coming into use are traditional, or ritual female genital surgery. There are many forms of circumcision, broadly grouped as excision and infibulation, distinguished by whether labial edges are fused after the genitalia are incised . Excision entails cutting or removing part or all of the private part wit or without the labia minora and majora. Some women have only the clitoral prepuce removed. Infibulation (radical circumcision) is excision accompanied by suturing closed the introitus leaving a small opening for passage of urine and menstrual blood. Local customs dictate the timing and form of circumcision chosen. Females are usually circumcised between birth and 8 years of age, although occasionally up until the birth of their first child. In two studies" although occasionally up until the birth of their first child. In two studies women preferred more severe forms of circumcision than did men i one study, educated and urbanized females tended to have less severe forms.