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Originally posted by RatedG
External?
Female sex organs are internal
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The practice is called Female Genital Mutilation/Circumcision.
Female Genital Cutting or the female circumcision is the mutilation of a woman's genitalia by cutting out an external or total part of it. The mutilation was widely practiced in many African and Asian countries during 1800 onwards. It is basically perceived on traditional aspect of keeping the women pure from impurities of self-degradation such as "excessive masturbation". Though no religious scripts can corroborate to this custom, the pressure to abide in the tradition on the social level of doing the FGC made others to perpetuate the cutting. Many have stated that this was conducted to prevent the women from 'unlawful' sexual intercourse and to seal the virginity until marriage. Considered as the cleansing ritual for the female unclean parts, mutilated girls are regarded as 'beautiful' and 'clean' after the removal.
Types of FGC
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