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Paper Abstract: This paper is a comprehensive research project on the cultural practice of female genital mutilation--its usage, history, current status, legality, implications for social work, and implications for criminal justice. The practice is described, and the effects on the victims are detailed. Paper Introduction: Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation sometimes known euphemistically as femalecircumcision is a cultural practice in which all or part of the femalegenitalia are removed Sunna circumcision involves the removal of theprepuce hood and tip of the clitoris a clitoridectomy is the removal ofthe entire clitoris and the adjacent labia and infibulation is aclitoridectomy plus the removal of all or part of the labia minora andlabia majora after which the wound is stitched up to leave only a smallhole for urine and Text of the Paper: The entire text of the paper is shown below. However, the text is somewhat scrambled. 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From this text you will be able to get a solid sense of the writing style, the concepts addressed, and the sources used in the research paper. theprepuce hood and tip of the which the wound is stitched but it also is known to occur among immigrantcommunities fourand eight but can occur at any time from so tightly woven into the and physical disabilities including hemorrhage infertility and infection Khamisi peritonitis and sometimes death may be a rite of passage that by reducing or excising theclitoris the with what the culture considers to beappropriate sexuality the cardinal vestige of her masculinity Lax uncontrollable and therefore dangerous Lax Some men believe thatpassionate women animpaired orgasmic response in a woman may be which the woman disregards the man\'s rhythm wishes and According to the definitions be due to their fears that themore parts of the female body-the clitoris and labia-makes Heitman Another belief is that if a baby\'s be mutilated to become fertile Heitman Bad genital odors masturbation or lesbianism Heitman Prevents wives\' sex drive Heitman Intact clitoris will generate sexual unless a woman\'s genitals are cutting is necessary After childbirth some women areunprepared for what awaits them when the day ceremonial dance and song until suddenly are sometimes but not always blindfolded The procedure is not only performed without any form undergo the procedure become docile and trust a prevailing lack of well-being post-traumatic shock and practice of female genital mutilation is so ingrained in been brutalized by female genital mutilation Tynan Several Amnesty International has taken up the fightagainst the practice African Republic C te d\'Ivroire Djibouti Ghana other state but none have everbeen used legislation against female genital mutilationcan female genital mutilation was being practiced later in life to prevent theirparents from being charged Robinson a critical step in stopping the spread legislation One such program is Ntanira Na Mugambo also aweek of community education about the pressure Female genital mutilation BBC In addition their family members it is effective Female genital disadvantaged and may never marry or cutting A similar undertaking was effected in the workers areenormous The physical and emotional dysfunction resulting from thepractice practice not only have todeal with and understanding complicate the issue Trying toresolve the mutilated woman\'s advisable forsocial workers who encounter the practice to seek the the procedure is done insecret usually in private homes avoid discovery of their secret Even if the than if not and if in fact she herto get on with her life Attempting to arrest practitioners medical treatment to ensure completephysical healing damages girlsfor the rest of abuseand rape The practice must be the tradition that perpetuates it TheTostan Project genitalcutting Through efforts like these the lives health and December http news bbc co uk hi b a htm Cooperman Alan No end galegroup com itx infomark do contentSet IAC Documents mutilation complicates births NewScientist com Winter Proquest http proquest umi com pqdweb index did cira htm Tynan Lynn M The status of FGM in T prodId ITOF docId A source g ale which all or part of the femalegenitalia is aclitoridectomy plus the removal of all or Heitman Femalegenital mutilation is common in western and southern BBC Tynan Theprocedure is normally carried out when a withanesthesia so it is extremely painful but it a terrifying mutilating practice psychically and injury to adjacent tissue can also In the Third World countries that purified of her sexual desire and the procedure Abusharaf who asserts that the mutilationbrings be there and available for men\'s desire andwish Lax The that some men subconsciously fear femalesexuality because they Moore stated that women\'s activity inthe love orgasmic reaction that would be threatening the woman becomes the gratifying vessel Lax Some authors note that the practice is The reasons that societies which embrace female genital mutilation doso procedure Heitman Some groups believe that if the will be poisonous Heitman A belief prevents vaginal cancer Heitman An a woman\'s face more beautiful Heitman advocates female circumcision to preserve sex\' Cooperman When a girl is ready to have sexual on young girlsis incalculable Girls grow up not knowing Lax Theritual is unconscionably painful and barbaric The to a hut Sworn by threats to secrecy a mat by assisting women their legs spread and held razor blades pieces of glass terrible physical sequelae Lax The consequences of femalegenital integrity has been destroyedpervades the psyche of the measures arelargely ineffective in stopping it doctors in hospitals and othercountries-Egypt for example-have banned the Genital Mutilation Act of Heitman Robinson The procedure is also In addition ithas been criminalized at the state level as citizens or landed migrants from being removedfrom the by poorly trained persons underless than sterile conditions Robinson Robinson Legislating against the practice can force a hospital for fear of girl spared isworth whatever it takes international women\'s health organizations Femalegenital mutilation BBC classesin reproduction anatomy hygiene respect for Female genital mutilation BBC Since the programavoids on female genital mutilation girls who practice simultaneously so that no individuals arehandicapped with was rapidly abandoned Female genitalcutting The implications of it Social workers encountering girls andwomen involvement in it The longstandingtradition and ingrained beliefs mayrestrict her from seeking counseling or may summarily terminate counselingfor of female genital mutilation with respect to it-physicians andnurses-may never have the opportunity to examine mutilated difficult situation to handle The trauma to the girl after-the-fact court case and possible separation fromher parents is over the only substantive reasons in the future Female genital mutilation violation of the most painful kind resulting in physicaldisfigurement and the victims of it and initiate cultural programs that voluntarily give up female genital mutilation and is alsoworking future Works Cited Female genital cutting Wikipedia http en wikipedia Austin Female Genital Mutilation in the United States About com genital mutilation in Egypt U S News World Heitman Rhonda Female Genital Mutilation http www members against Women Female Genital Mutilation Is Mutilation in North America Europe Religious Tolerance web Gale http find galegroup com itx infomark Female Genital Mutilation Female genital mutilation sometimes known clitoris a clitoridectomy is the removal ofthe entire clitoris up to leave only a smallhole for urine in the United States Canada France just after birth to sometimeduring the first cultures that practice it that it Shock urine retention genital ulceration keloid scar also occur Lax Female genital mutilation has the makes a girlmarriageable by removing her desire seat of masculine attributes of sexual i e that women should The origins of the procedure will use them up and make a more mature realistic andadaptive reaction to Lax Lax concludes that It seems male desired of most cultures allover the world a woman attractive younger women might seduce away her more feminine Heitman The girl head touches the clitoris the baby will can only be eliminated by removing the clitoris and nervousness from developing in girls and women Heitman arousal which if repressed can cause nervousness surgically reduced wearing tight clothes will make her are re-infibulated to make them tight for their comes and they are brought bymothers and without warning the dancing and singing and gagged The girls are always grabbed and of anesthesia itis often done without any sterile submissive after the terrifying brutal depression at a minimum Lax thesocieties in which it is governments have introduced legislation to make sure that as a human rights issue Guinea New Zealand three states in Nigeria Norway Senegal to prosecute anyone Robinson Cline In Canada Section of the be counterproductive in some cases because practitioners may by at least immigrants in the area who In cases where the operation isbotched or complications ensue parents of femalegenital mutilation however and it will undoubtedly cause at known as circumcision by words which was developed negative effects of the practice theyoung women are sequestered undergo health education sessions andmen in mutilation BBC The problem with stopping the practice is havechildren The only way to early th century in China pervade every area of a woman\'s the damage to them but also with the issues can impact her relationship with herfamily with advice and assistanceof those thoroughly familiar with it and all when occurring in the United States it isdifficult policeare alerted that the procedure is taking has already been mutilated and there are no just before orin the process of committing female genital mutilation and to protect any siblings that their lives both physically and attacked in a multi-pronged effort toeducate the public pass established in Senegal in has engaged well-beingof young girls can be preserved health medical notes stm Female genital mutilation WHO-World Health Organization in sight to a gruesome and type retrieve tabID T prodId ITOF docId A source June http www newscientist com article dn female-genital-mutilation complicates-births html SrchMode sid Fm t VInst PROD VType PQD the world today female genital mutilation world srcprod ITOF userGroupName santam main version are removed Sunna circumcision involves the removal of part of the labia minora andlabia majora after Asia the Middle East and countries in Africa girl is between the ages of continues to occur becauseit is devastating that can result in a number of serious medicalconsequences occur Femalegenital mutilation WHO Frequent miscarriages septicemia tetanus mortal pelvic practiceit this is considered to issupposed to enhance her femininity the female body into line procedure therefore is regarded as feminizing thegirl by removing perceive it as overwhelming unbound insatiable act-is inhibiting to their male partners and suggested that to him Lax Deutsch talksabout a malicious orgasm in adapting her being tothe men\'s often carried out by femalepractitioners suggesting that this may include The removal of the male clitoris touches a man\'s penis the man will die that an unmutilated female cannot conceive so she must unmodified clitoris can lead to Older men may not be able to match their virginity until marriage contending that intercourse she must be openedup and often what will happen so they girls are terrified yet they must participate in told to be brave not to scream they fast as is the rest of their body Lax or even tearing with the teeth Lax Girls that mutilation include a loss of mutilated woman and may lead to suicide Lax The Over million girls and women allover the world have procedure completely Femalegenital mutilation BBC outlawed in six states of Australia Burkina Faso Canada Central in California Minnesota NorthDakota Rhode Island and Tennessee and country and subjected to FGM Robinson Unfortunately however Denver CO specialists reportedin that it underground with women refusing to seek medical care being criminally charged with child abuse Robinson Legislation is However some have suggested alternatives thatmay work better than The program is an educational one involving adults developing self-esteem and dealing with peer bluntly prohibiting female genital mutilation and simply offers anattractive alternative donot receive the procedure are respect to marriage prospects Female genital of female genital mutilation to social who have been mutilated as a result of the are difficult to combat particularly sincea lack of education their own protection or to preserve the tradition It is criminaljustice are equally problematic First since women as theymay avoid treatment to may be greater ifintervention is taken and her home disrupted would likely be more traumatic for her than simply allowing to intervenewould be to commend the girl to is a destructive practice that trauma similar to that experienced in child sexual spread the wordto voluntarily end participation in to stop the practice of early and forced marriages Female org wiki Female genital cutting Female Genital Mutilation BBC News web site http atheism about com Report July InfoTracOneFile Thomson Gale http find tripod com Wolvesdreams FGM htmlKhamisi Roxanna Female genital Its Most Brutal Form Clinical Social Work Journal site http www religioustolerance org fem do contentSet IAC Documents type retrieve tabID euphemistically as femalecircumcision is a cultural practice in and the adjacent labia and infibulation and menstrual blood to flow through Australia and Britain where it is illegal Female Genital Mutilation pregnancy 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forced to lie down on procedures and the surgery is performedwith and destructive assault on their genitalsand the Atits worst a sense that the self and its practiced that legislation and other theprocedure is only performed by trained and the United States passedthe Federal Prohibition of Female Sweden Tanzania Togo and the United Kingdom Robinson Canadian Criminal Code protects children who are ordinarilyresident in Canada resort todoing the operation illegally in the home had come from African countries may be reluctant to take the childto least someparents to decide against mutilating their daughters Every in rural areasof Kenya by local and for the week of the program undergoing the community are instructed about the negative consequences offemale circumcision that culturally since themarriageability of girls depends circumvent this eventuality is for marriagenetworks to all stop the whenthe practice of foot binding life and her family concept isradically altered as a result strong tradition surroundingthe practice and the family\'s the potential for harm as well as good Her family of the implications it bringsto social work The implications to detect Those best equipped to verify place in a particular home it isa younger siblings in dangerof mutilation an would be difficult and once the practice might have to face theprocedure emotionally It is ahuman rights prohibitive legislation provide medical treatmentfor villages-atotal of people-about of the practicing population of thecountry to and they can move forward with hope forthe http www who int mediacentre factsheets fs en print htmlCline widespread ritual overturn of ban on female g ale srcprod ITOF userGroupName santam main version Lax Ruth F Socially Sanctioned Violence RQT VName PQD TS clientId Robinson Bruce A Female Genital wide off our backs June InfoTrac OneFile Thomson theprepuce hood and tip of the which the wound is stitched but it also is known to occur among immigrantcommunities fourand eight but can occur at any time from so tightly woven into the and physical disabilities including hemorrhage infertility and infection Khamisi peritonitis and sometimes death may be a rite of passage that by reducing or excising theclitoris the with what the culture considers to beappropriate sexuality the cardinal vestige of her masculinity Lax uncontrollable and therefore dangerous Lax Some men believe thatpassionate women animpaired orgasmic response in a woman may be which the woman disregards the man\'s rhythm wishes and According to the definitions be due to their fears that themore parts of the female body-the clitoris and labia-makes Heitman Another belief is that if a baby\'s be mutilated to become fertile Heitman Bad genital odors masturbation or lesbianism Heitman Prevents wives\' sex drive Heitman Intact clitoris will generate sexual unless a woman\'s genitals are cutting is necessary After childbirth some women areunprepared for what awaits them when the day ceremonial dance and song until suddenly are sometimes but not always blindfolded The procedure is not only performed without any form undergo the procedure become docile and trust a prevailing lack of well-being post-traumatic shock and practice of female genital mutilation is so ingrained in been brutalized by female genital mutilation Tynan Several Amnesty International has taken up the fightagainst the practice African Republic C te d\'Ivroire Djibouti Ghana other state but none have everbeen used legislation against female genital mutilationcan female genital mutilation was being practiced later in life to prevent theirparents from being charged Robinson a critical step in stopping the spread legislation One such program is Ntanira Na Mugambo also aweek of community education about the pressure Female genital mutilation BBC In addition their family members it is effective Female genital disadvantaged and may never marry or cutting A similar undertaking was effected in the workers areenormous The physical and emotional dysfunction resulting from thepractice practice not only have todeal with and understanding complicate the issue Trying toresolve the mutilated woman\'s advisable forsocial workers who encounter the practice to seek the the procedure is done insecret usually in private homes avoid discovery of their secret Even if the than if not and if in fact she herto get on with her life Attempting to arrest practitioners medical treatment to ensure completephysical healing damages girlsfor the rest of abuseand rape The practice must be the tradition that perpetuates it TheTostan Project genitalcutting Through efforts like these the lives health and December http news bbc co uk hi b a htm Cooperman Alan No end galegroup com itx infomark do contentSet IAC Documents mutilation complicates births NewScientist com Winter Proquest http proquest umi com pqdweb index did cira htm Tynan Lynn M The status of FGM in T prodId ITOF docId A source g ale which all or part of the femalegenitalia is aclitoridectomy plus the removal of all or Heitman Femalegenital mutilation is common in western and southern BBC Tynan Theprocedure is normally carried out when a withanesthesia so it is extremely painful but it a terrifying mutilating practice psychically and injury to adjacent tissue can also In the Third World countries that purified of her sexual desire and the procedure Abusharaf who asserts that the mutilationbrings be there and available for men\'s desire andwish Lax The that some men subconsciously fear femalesexuality because they Moore stated that women\'s activity inthe love orgasmic reaction that would be threatening the woman becomes the gratifying vessel Lax Some authors note that the practice is The reasons that societies which embrace female genital mutilation doso procedure Heitman Some groups believe that if the will be poisonous Heitman A belief prevents vaginal cancer Heitman An a woman\'s face more beautiful Heitman advocates female circumcision to preserve sex\' Cooperman When a girl is ready to have sexual on young girlsis incalculable Girls grow up not knowing Lax Theritual is unconscionably painful and barbaric The to a hut Sworn by threats to secrecy a mat by assisting women their legs spread and held razor blades pieces of glass terrible physical sequelae Lax The consequences of femalegenital integrity has been destroyedpervades the psyche of the measures arelargely ineffective in stopping it doctors in hospitals and othercountries-Egypt for example-have banned the Genital Mutilation Act of Heitman Robinson The procedure is also In addition ithas been criminalized at the state level as citizens or landed migrants from being removedfrom the by poorly trained persons underless than sterile conditions Robinson Robinson Legislating against the practice can force a hospital for fear of girl spared isworth whatever it takes international women\'s health organizations Femalegenital mutilation BBC classesin reproduction anatomy hygiene respect for Female genital mutilation BBC Since the programavoids on female genital mutilation girls who practice simultaneously so that no individuals arehandicapped with was rapidly abandoned Female genitalcutting The implications of it Social workers encountering girls andwomen involvement in it The longstandingtradition and ingrained beliefs mayrestrict her from seeking counseling or may summarily terminate counselingfor of female genital mutilation with respect to it-physicians andnurses-may never have the opportunity to examine mutilated difficult situation to handle The trauma to the girl after-the-fact court case and possible separation fromher parents is over the only substantive reasons in the future Female genital mutilation violation of the most painful kind resulting in physicaldisfigurement and the victims of it and initiate cultural programs that voluntarily give up female genital mutilation and is alsoworking future Works Cited Female genital cutting Wikipedia http en wikipedia Austin Female Genital Mutilation in the United States About com genital mutilation in Egypt U S News World Heitman Rhonda Female Genital Mutilation http www members against Women Female Genital Mutilation Is Mutilation in North America Europe Religious Tolerance web Gale http find galegroup com itx infomark If this paper is not what you are looking for, you can search again: Search for: or Click here to request an essay written just for you.

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