SCS 1150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 25: Female Genital Mutilation, Hypersexuality, Exogamy
28 Nov 2016
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Started 1000s of years ago and attached itself to religion. Happens in both christian and muslim nations. However, the media mainly depicts it as a predominantly islamic practice. Urinary tract infections, growth of cysts, hemorrhaging and clinical shock are usually effects of the procedure. #watch rezla aslan does islam promote violence? video. Usually, after the mutilation there"s a stitching. This is important to the family and the husband. Because it means the woman is a virgin. This is important because it allows the society to marry endogamously (among the same culture) and not practice exogamy (marrying. If a woman does not participate in fgm, then no one is going to marry her. She could also be stigmatised against or exiled. This is because the society stresses the importance of marriage. Another motive for it is that it is fitting the honor code which is virginity. Many feminists believe it is a way to control women.
