As to if male circumcision and female genital modification should be performed, is a controversial question. ... Though there is much controversy placed on male circumcision, there is none more placed than on female genital modification. ... Such countries included are the United States, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, because of beliefs and fears about hygiene, physical ailment, appearance and sexuality, and refutation of the pain of infant circumcision. ... Female genital modification is known in three levels of pain and mutilation degree. ... Basically, extra skin is being removed while ...

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The practice of female "circumcision," or traditional female genital surgery, is simultaneously complex and controversial. ... Female circumcision is also known, more accurately, as female genital mutilation and female genital cutting (FGC.) ... The Koran, the bible of Islam, however nowhere in it refers to female circumcision. ... Mohammed displayed humanity toward females when he banned the old Arabic pre-Islam practice of burying undesired female babies alive. ... In a clinical report done in accordance with classification designed by the World Health Organization the studies...

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Female circumcision, the partial or total cutting away of the external female genitalia, has been practiced for centuries. ... Opponents of female circumcision, also known as female genital mutilation (FGM), see it as a violation of human rights. Female circumcision is practiced in many forms. ... The origins of female circumcision are relatively unknown. ... Female circumcision crosses religious lines. ...

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Globally, at least 2 million girls a year are at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM), approximately 6,000 per day. ... Female genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, is an extreme example of efforts common to societies around the world to suppress women's sexuality, ensure their subjugation, and control their reproductive functions. Female genital mutilation is the collective name given to several different practices that involve the cutting of female genitals. ... In the communities where FGM takes place, it is referred to as "female circumcision." ... The degree of ...

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