Grandmothers and Circumcision

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Grandmothers and Circumcision

• Sept 17

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Menopause

• Pituitary gland tells ovaries when to stop
  functioning
• Chimpanzees
• The Grandmother Theory

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Menopause

• Objections to its importance
• 1. Human life span has changed
• 2. Other female animals become infertile with age
• 3. Menopause occurs because women run out of eggs

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Circumcision

• Religious reasons?
• Hygenic reasons?
• Tradition?

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Circumcision

• Why?