Female Genital Mutilation

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Female Genital Mutilation

• Ethan Faber
• Lauren Herro
• Emma Ericksen
• Josh Hoeft
• Eric Flicek

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What is FGM

• Female Genital Mutilation is the removal of all
  or part of the female genitalia
• FGM is usually performed on adolescent girls at
  the beginning of puberty

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Types of FGM

• Clitoridectomy-the enitre clitoris is removed
• Upper Picture
• Unaltered female genitalia
• Lower Picture
• Area of tissue removed

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Types of FGM Contd

• Sunna-removal of the clitoral prepuce and the tip
  of the clitoris
• Upper Picture
• Area of tissue removed
• Lower Picture
• Appearance after suture

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Types of FGM Contd

• Infibulation Circumcision-the entire external
  vagina is cut away and stitched closed leaving
  only a small hole for urination and menstrual
  blood to drain out of.
• Upper Picture
• Area of tissue removed
• Lower Picture
• Appearance after suture

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Where FGM is Practiced

• Asia
• Africa
• Middle East

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Religions that Practice FGM

• Muslims
• Christians
• Jews
• As well as many other religions

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Why FGM is Practiced

• The main reason is to ensure virginity.
• It is believed that a womans pleasure is during
  childbirth and a mans is during sexual
  intercourse.
• Stop Lesbianism
• Tradition

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Who Performs the Procedure

• Mothers
• Midwives
• Elder women in the village
• And some doctors

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Health Consequences

• Infections
• Severe Pain
• Failure to Heal
• Shock
• Injury to organs
• HIV/AIDS
• Death

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Groups who are helping

• Forward USA-San Francisco
• Tostan
• FORWARD-United Kingdom
• And many others

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What they are doing

• Educating communities
• Holding support groups
• Conducting seminars and training sessions
• Passing legislation in the U.S. criminalizing the
  practice of FGM
• Expanding research on womens health issues
• Leading communities to make public declarations
  to stop the practice

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3 Paradigms

• Symbolic Interaction Theory
• FGM is part of a tradition
• Structural/Functional Theory
• Manifest-to prevent premarital sex and teen
  pregnancies
• Latent-emotional
• Dysfunction-creates many health problems, women
  losing chance to have sexual pleasure
• Social Conflict Theory
• Women who have gone through it want to try and
  stop it