Female Circumcision No Health Benefits Only Harm
Posted on | Sunday, August 7, 2011 | 1 Comment
Female Circumcision No Health Benefits Only Harm. Female circumcision is very dangerous to the health of these women, unlike male circumcision has medical benefits. Male circumcision also has its drawbacks. Which you choose prefer circumcised or uncircumcised for men. Female genital mutilation (FGM) has no health benefits for women, but catastrophic for the woman herself.
Female genital mutilation is classified into four major types.
- Clitoridectomy: partial or total removal of the clitoris (a small, sensitive and erectile part of the female genitals) and, in very rare cases, only the prepuce (the fold of skin surrounding the clitoris).
- Excision: partial or total removal of the clitoris and the labia minora, with or without excision of the labia majora (the labia are "the lips" that surround the vagina).
- Infibulation: narrowing of the vaginal opening through the creation of a covering seal. The seal is formed by cutting and repositioning the inner, or outer, labia, with or without removal of the clitoris.
- Other: all other harmful procedures to the female genitalia for non-medical purposes, e.g. pricking, piercing, incising, scraping and cauterizing the genital area.
No health benefits, only harm
FGM has no health benefits, and it harms girls and women in many ways. It involves removing and damaging healthy and normal female genital tissue, and interferes with the natural functions of girls' and women's bodies.
Immediate complications can include severe pain, shock, haemorrhage (bleeding), tetanus or sepsis (bacterial infection), urine retention, open sores in the genital region and injury to nearby genital tissue.
Short-term impact on female circumcision:
Long-term impacts are:
- Bleeding resulting in shock or death
- Infection in the pelvic organs that lead to sepsis.
- Tetanus causes death
- Gangrene that can lead to death
- Tremendous headache resulting shock
- Urinary retention due to swelling and blockage of the urethra.
Long-term impacts are:
- Pain while having sex prolonged
- The penis can not enter the vagina and require surgery.
- Sexual dysfunction (unable to achieve orgasm during sex)
- Menstrual dysfunction resulting hematocolpos (accumulation of menstrual blood in the vagina), hematometra (accumulation of menstrual blood in the uterus) and hematosalpinx (accumulation of menstrual blood in the fallopian tubes)
- Chronic urinary tract infections
- Urinary incontinence (unable to hold urine)
- Can occur abscesses, dermoid cysts and keloids (scar tissue hardens)
Cultural, religious and social causes
The causes of female genital mutilation include a mix of cultural, religious and social factors within families and communities.
- Where FGM is a social convention, the social pressure to conform to what others do and have been doing is a strong motivation to perpetuate the practice.
- FGM is often considered a necessary part of raising a girl properly, and a way to prepare her for adulthood and marriage.
- FGM is often motivated by beliefs about what is considered proper sexual behaviour, linking procedures to premarital virginity and marital fidelity. FGM is in many communities believed to reduce a woman's libido, and thereby is further believed to help her resist "illicit" sexual acts. When a vaginal opening is covered or narrowed (type 3 above), the fear of pain of opening it, and the fear that this will be found out, is expected to further discourage "illicit" sexual intercourse among women with this type of FGM.
- FGM is associated with cultural ideals of femininity and modesty, which include the notion that girls are “clean” and "beautiful" after removal of body parts that are considered "male" or "unclean".
- Though no religious scripts prescribe the practice, practitioners often believe the practice has religious support.
What do you think about female circumcision? Good or bad for the health of the woman? Do you support or reject female circumcision? Please give your opinion.
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September 15, 2011 at 11:38 AM
only good for male