... . Once the genital area for removal is gone, the child is stitched up, sometimes using thorns to poke holes in the skin and a heavy thread is pulled through. The child's legs are then bound for up to 40 days for healing. The boys' procedure requires some of the same methods. They are held down by other women and the same instruments ... performed for many of the same reasons. One form of physical mutilation should not be overlooked in favor of another."" (Toubia, 1994, p. 712-716) If anyone has a say of what goes on in these countries it is the people of those countries themselves. If or...

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