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What kind of "purely symbolic" FGM do you have in mind? Every part in women genitals is useful and removing it means problems down the road (as opposed to remo
by BrandoElFollito 3y ago
What kind of "purely symbolic" FGM do you have in mind?
Every part in women genitals is useful and removing it means problems down the road (as opposed to removing a foreskin where the damages are relatively benign - of course it is proof of a profound mental illness of the ones doing it on children in all cases).
- throw310822 3y agoI've read (a long time ago) a newspaper article mentioning a simple pricking of the skin to produce one drop of blood. A pure ritual with no practical effect. Not sure how widespread it is though, or if it's just a wishful thinking on part of some Western cultural mediation agency.
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoI must say that the only reports I know of (I am French) are those of tortures of children girls who have their whole clitoris excised by their own family. This is simply insane to me. Any such ritual that subordinates someone to something is disgusting to me, though the one you described is indeed symbolic, at least it does not leave any physical traces (I do not know about mental ones)