Excision-Female Circumcision
As part of traditional cultural practices, between twenty and ninety-four millionAfrican females (and an unknown number of Indonesian and Malaysian), mostly young girls, undergo some form of genital removal every year. This procedure is called Circumcision----give definition here. Then explain the elements of paper. There are three forms of circumcision. The mildest form of circumcision involves cutting off the hood (prepuce) of the clitoris. This is often called “sunna”, or traditional circumcision. The next level of removal is “excision”, or clitoridectomy, which involves cutting off all, or part of the clitoris and part, or all of the labia minora. Lastly, and even more extreme is “infibulation”, or pharaonic circumcision, in which part or all of the middle section of the labia majora is also cut off. The two sides of the vulva are then pinned together with acacia thorns or stitched together with a catgut or silk sutures, leaving a small opening for menstrual blood and urine. While this procedure is not as common as the others, infibula
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Indonesian Malaysian, Third World, , african women, genital mutilation, hard believe, involves cutting,
Approximate Word count = 725
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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