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The number of women and girls at risk for female genital mutilation (FGM) in the United States has more than doubled in the past 10 years, according to new figures released on Friday.

The data, the first on FGM in the U.S. for a decade, is being published to coincide with the United Nations’ International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM.

More than half a million women and girls in the U.S. are at risk of undergoing FGM in the U.S. or abroad, or have already undergone the procedure, including 166,173 under the age of 18, according to the Population Reference Bureau (PRB). Immigration to the U.S. from African and Middle Eastern countries—where the practice of FGM is a deeply entrenched cultural tradition—is the sole factor for the rise in numbers, says Mark Mather, a demographer at PRB who led the data analysis. There has not been an increase in the practice happening in the U.S. itself, he says.

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ORIGINAL: slvemike4u

I'm confused by a sentence there...."half a million woman and girls in the U.S. are at risk of undergoing FGM in the U.S. or abroad"


Is this suggesting that these woman are here,citizens,and being taken out of the country to undergo this ghastly procedure ?

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ORIGINAL: hot4bondage

That article seems to be pro-male genital mutilation. Barring extremely rare cases of medical necessity for minors, it's wrong to slice off anyone's body parts without their permission.

http://circumcisiondecisionmaker.com/circumcision-facts/

A few bullet points...

* About 117 boys die each year in the United States as a result of their circumcision, most from infections or blood loss.

* Most physicians do not have their sons circumcised.

* Circumcision regularly removes a shocking 3/4 of the penis’ sensitivity through the removal of the ridged band, foreskin “lips,” and most often the entire frenulum.

* Anesthesia is used in only 45% of circumcisions; the type of anesthetic varies. The most effective method does not eliminate all pain, and the most common type used, a topical creme, does almost nothing to reduce it. In fact, a major clinical test of the various types of anesthetics, on actual infants, was halted for humane reasons because of the intense pain.

* The average male will have more health problems from being circumcised than from being left alone.

* Circumcision has never been proven to be effective in either reducing or treating cervical cancer, penile cancer, urinary tract infections, or sexually transmitted diseases including HIV/AIDS.

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ORIGINAL: Lucylastic

Some of us dont have our sons cut for those reasons......oh and find fgm to be more barbaric.

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ORIGINAL: hot4bondage
........ Most physicians do not have their sons circumcised.....

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ORIGINAL: bounty44
i found this helpful and complementary to the original article above.

http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-female-genital-mutilation-very-different-issue-male-circumcision-1486805

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ORIGINAL: DaddySatyr
By 1988 (My youngest), it didn't raise much of an eyebrow because people were learning that the "benefits" weren't quite so beneficial as was previously thought/shoved down peoples' throats.


Michael