Clitoridectomy

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Mashua speaks out against religious, cultural FGM customs FGM  -  Nov 6, 2008
Clitoridectomy-cutting the top of the clitoris so it is flat. 2. Excision-cutting or total removing the clitoris and the labia minora. 3. SFA The Pine Log Online,

Our World: The Left's assault on language  -  Nov 3, 2008
Yet Tamir argued in her article, "Hands off Clitoridectomy," published in The Boston Review, it is wrong to oppose the practice because doing so requires a Jerusalem Post,

Why do you want to hurt me?  -  Nov 15, 2008
...electrocution, where the patient would be given electric shock if he reacts to homo-erotic material; and surgeries like castration and clitoridectomy, New Straits Times,

Circumcision parents to court  -  Oct 1, 2008
Clitoridectomy is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and sometimes the prepuce. Excision is the partial or total removal of the clitoris and labia Politiken.dk,

Colombia Confronts Female Genital Mutilation  -  Aug 17, 2008
Nevertheless, on July 29th the same judge urged the President of Colombia to develop a legal tool to stop FGM, including the clitoridectomy. RH Reality Check,

Hollinger's postethnic ideal and culturism  -  Jul 11, 2008
Clitoridectomy and Saudi values do not accord with those of western feminists. But once people with such values move here Hollinger assures us that we will American Chronicle,

Masculine Pathology: A World Out Of Control Ruled By Men Who Are ...  -  Jun 3, 2008
Three kinds of mutilation occur: 1. the removal of the tip of the clitoris, 2. clitoridectomy, or removal of the entire clitoris and the adjacent labia, CounterCurrents.org,

THE BAR GIRLS‘ PERSPECTIVE BY SNOOKI  -  Apr 8, 2008
Incidentally, I saw the documentary on BBC in England on Ethiopian clitoridectomy when I was on holiday, one time, and I have actually heard of a Bangkok Pattaya Daily News,

Return of the... Alpha Male  -  Apr 7, 2008
...must endure all manner of dreadful things like forced marriage, clitoridectomy and the absence of proper control over their own reproductive systems. Irish Independent,

The Woman Thing.  -  Feb 14, 2008
Go read it if you can (if I say it’s humorless, someone will inevitably point out that clitoridectomy isn’t funny), and tell me if you think I’ve PoliGazette,

Islam and Islamofascism  -  Nov 8, 2007
How could any person be ‘proud’ to follow a man who was a pedophile, endorser of clitoridectomy, slave trader, rapist, polygamist, punched his child bride Global Politician,

Nonie Darwish vs. Berkeley Left On “Islamo-Fascismâ€? (And Immigration)  -  Oct 24, 2007
She that said her mother's generation in Egypt were all subjected to clitoridectomy, but that this horrific practice has now nearly ended there. VDARE.com,

Viagra of the Mind - When Your Brain Needs a Boner  -  Aug 21, 2007
Cases such as this could stem from emotional or sexual trauma, medications, pelvic nerve damage, as well as clitoridectomy. Some problems with sexual NewsBlaze,

Nigeria: Female Circumcision - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? (9)  -  Aug 9, 2007
Among the Ijaws, the coast people of the Niger-Delta region of Nigeria and the fourth largest tribe in the country, Clitoridectomy is performed when the AllAfrica.com,

Scars that refuse to heal  -  Aug 14, 2007
Type I, known as a clitoridectomy, involves the removal or splitting of the clitoral hood. Type II, or excision, entails the additional partial or total Guardian Unlimited,

Nigeria: Female Circumcision - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly? (8)  -  07 Aug 2007
AllAfrica.com,Clitoridectomy: This is the second type classified by WHO as type II. It involves the partial or complete removal of the clitoris with a part or all of the

Ban On Female Genital Cutting - Clitoridectomy - In Egypt  -  Jun 28, 2007
Lawfuel (press release),LAWFUEL - The Legal Newswire - A legal loophole that permitted girls to undergo genital cutting, or clitoridectomy, has been closed by a new Egyptian law,

Egypt outlaws all female circumcision  -  Jun 28, 2007
China Daily,...doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry press official said.

EGYPT: CIRCUMCISION BAN TO BE ENFORCED  -  Jun 29, 2007
AKI,A 12-year-old girl died in Upper Egypt while undergoing a clitoridectomy earlier this week and the doctor who carried out the operation was arrested.

Egypt outlaws female circumcision  -  Jun 28, 2007
Africast,...decided on Thursday to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy.

Egypt to ban female circumcision  -  Jun 29, 2007
The Age,Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali has decided to ban all doctors and members of the medical profession from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry media

Female Circumcision Fully And Permanently Banned In Egypt  -  Jun 28, 2007
AHN...ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, whether public or private, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry official told AFP.

Female genital mutilation .. What it is and how to stop it  -  Jun 9, 2007
SUN Weekend,The World Health Organisation describes them in the following types: Type I (clitoridectomy): removal of part or all of the clitoris.

One Woman's Journey from Warlord Somalia to Neocon Washington  -  Jun 4, 2007
Toward Freedom,She was forced to undergo excision (clitoridectomy, or female circumcision) at age five. She arrived in Holland at age 23 because she was making a

Male circumcision no better than Female Genital Cutting  -  May 18, 2007
Daily Sundial,However the first form of FGC, clitoridectomy, or splitting of the clitoral hood, is akin to male circumcision. The clitoridectomy is the removing of the

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