Female Circumcision Research Paper

There seem to be three types of female circumcision. The first one is where the women will have their clitoris is shaved or cut off. This practiced is used in middle east countries and in Africa. The second type is called clitoridectomy. And this is when the women’s clitoris and labia is removed. The third type is the worst and it is hard to wrap my mind around this, because it seems like torture instead of a ritual. This is called infibulation circumcision and it is removing the clitoris and labia and then having the vagina skin stretched together and sewn shut using thread, thorns, or catgut. This not only seems unnatural, but not sterile. A woman that has her vagina sewn shut can only urinate and menstruate through the small slit after this procedure. My thought is she will have infections because there will be no way of keeping herself clean inside the vagina walls because it is sewn shut. This type of circumcision has the vagina cut back opened so that she can have intercourse with her husband and then the vagina is sewn back shut, so that the husband knows she will be not have sex with anyone else. …show more content…
Some people believe there will be severe consequences if this ritual is not preformed. I was horrified to find out that they do this. I actually screamed out loud at the first segment in the video about women in Africa having their clitoris cut off. This not only is painful, but also takes away any sexual gratification that the women may have found with their husband. Then when the women give birth there are complications because of the ritual preformed and the infants and women both suffer from infection and death. This is so scary to know that it could have been prevented in the first place by not cutting off the clitoris. In one country the girls are mutilated and when they become ready to be married, the women are fattened up for one year