What is genital cutting?
Genital cutting concerns controversial surgery, when women and girls have external genitalia changed for non -medical reasons. Also known as the cutting of female genitalia (FGC) or the mutilation of female genital organs (FGM) those who are against the procedure are the cutting of genitals traditional practice extending until antiquity. FGC is common in Sub -Saharan Africa and parts of the Middle East and Southeast Asia. This practice can also be found in North America, Europe and other regions in the world where the immigrants groups re -relocated.
There are several different forms of genital cutting, which are practiced around the world, from type and to IV. In general, the procedure involves cutting or removing the clitoris or some part of the ashamed. Liby are skin folds surrounding the vagina, often simply called lips of vagina; The outer lips are known as Majora Labia and include another set of inner lips called The Labia Minora.
The most extensive form of cutting is infibulation or type III that canInclude the removal of all external genitalia, including the labular major. The cut areas are then sewn together, cover the vagina and leave a small hole for urine and menstrual blood that passes. In general, the area will have to be limited before sexual intercourse.
Type I or clitoridectomy is usually considered to be a less serious form of procedure and involves removing the prefalling, fold of the skin covering the clitoris. The clitoris itself can also be amputated. FGC type II, also known as excision, may include clitoris removal together with Labia Minora. The final type, type IV, includes a number of other non -medical procedures performed on external female genitals such as burning and piercing clitoris.
For largely trained doctors do not make a cup of tting and this is commonly done in non -medical environments. Operations are usually performed by older villages or midwifery, qualified in traditionalItem practices of traditional medicine. The equipment used for the procedure may vary, but may include scissors, razor blades or broken glass. In most cases, no anesthesia is used to reduce pain, and there are no antibiotics available to prevent infection. This procedure can have a number of negative impacts on women's health, including painful intercourse, lack of sexual pleasure and infertility.
In most areas where genital cutting is practiced, this procedure is often performed in young girls who have not yet reached puberty. In these regions, practice is part of the social tradition of this culture and is used to launch a girl into femininity. However, the age of those who undergo female circumcision may vary drastically around the world. In some regions, practice is performed in newborn infants just days after birth. In other regions, it is a trees to make the process before the woman marries. Alternatively, this can be done before or after the birth of the first child.
Those who undergo and promote genital cutting quote a number of different reasons why the practice is carried out. In some communities, FGC is performed because of the belief that their religion supports this practice. However, this faith is not limited to one particular religion. Muslim and Christian nations have fans of cutting. According to those who are against this practice, however, no religious texts support cutting and many religious leaders do not justify this practice.
Often girls who have undergone procedure do so, because it is a social norm, the expected part of the culture they identify with. For those who reject this procedure, there is a risk of being ashamed and facing social exclusion or mockery. These girls can also lose respect for their families or be considered to be disproportionate to good n families, because the traditional belief in the procedure associates them with encouraging chastity. The consequences of incomplete procedure may mean that a woman has a lack of prospects for marriage and insufficientto economic support. This is often due to the idea that the procedure preserves virginity and reduces sexual pleasure, which prevents the woman to involve in extramarital affairs.
Western attitudes to cut women's genitalia are mainly to subscribe that there is no medical value for the procedure. Ve skutečnosti jsou ženské obřízky v řadě národů po celém světě nezákonné, včetně Kanady, Spojených států a Spojeného království. Moreover, some groups for human rights, including the World Health Organization, consider this practice to be human rights violations. In the case of genital cutting supporters, however, the procedure is considered to be an integral cultural practice and continues to be carried out.