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This 5 page report discusses the fact that human rights organizations ranging from Amnesty International to the United Nations’ High Council on Refugees estimate that there are between eight and ten million women and girls in the Middle East and in Africa who are at risk of undergoing one form or another of genital “mutilation.” However, countless millions of those women and girls do not perceive the process as mutilation but a coming of age ritual, a rite of passage. As such, Westerners do not have the right to object to or campaign against the practice. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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between eight and ten million women and girls in the Middle East and in Africa who are at risk of undergoing one form or another of genital mutilation. Female genital
mutilation (FGM) in a variety of its forms is practiced in Middle Eastern countries (both Yemens, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, and Southern Algeria). In Africa it is practiced in
the majority of the continent including Kenya, Nigeria, Mali, Upper Volta, Ivory Coast, Egypt, Mozambique, and Sudan. Even though FGM takes place in primarily Islamic nations or regions of the
world, however, it is not an exclusively Islamic practice. FGM is a cross-cultural and cross-religious ritual. In Africa and the Middle East it is performed by Muslims, Coptic Christians, members
of various indigenous groups, Protestants, and Catholics, to name only a few. According to the FGM Network (1998), an educational, activist, and outreach group, FGM has often been referred to
as female circumcision and compared to male circumcision. However, such comparison is often misleading. The FGM Network notes: "Both practices include the removal of well- functioning parts of the genitalia
and are quite unnecessary. Both rituals also serve to perpetuate customs that seek to regulate and keep control over the body and sexuality of the individual. However, FGM is far
more drastic and damaging than male circumcision. A more appropriate analogy would be between clitoridectomy and penisdectomy where the entire penis is removed" (Internet source). Bosch (2001) writes: "The reasons
offered to justify female genital mutilation are commonly related to tradition, power inequalities, and the resulting compliance of women with the dictates of their communities. From a socio-economic perspective, mutilation,
which is practiced across all ages (from infants to women) is a practice that forms an important part of girls socialization in societies in which womens social acceptance and access
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