02-19-2012, 10:44 AM
Ed,
I refuse to even call it 'female circumcision'. In my mind it is female genital mutilation and to say it any other way is to give it way too much respect . . .
I'm sure there are many traditions that make no sense (like the Iroquois and their flattening the heads of infant boys), but this is more than just some odd custom: to me it is a scourge and should be stopped by any means necessary.
I refuse to even call it 'female circumcision'. In my mind it is female genital mutilation and to say it any other way is to give it way too much respect . . .
I'm sure there are many traditions that make no sense (like the Iroquois and their flattening the heads of infant boys), but this is more than just some odd custom: to me it is a scourge and should be stopped by any means necessary.