Circumcision

This evening I was watching Nip/Tuck and one of the plastic surgery clients had undergone female circumcision. I understand that there is a difference between female and male circumcision, but why is one vilified and one almost necessitated in our culture? Used to be that male circumcision was "medically necessary" to prevent infections, etc. Let alone the rites in many religions (Jews do it, Catholics don't, Protestants do, etc.) But yet, in Asian and African cultures FGM (female genitalia mutilation, and isn't that a label that smacks of Western hypocrisy) is practised as a rite similar to the Bris Milah in Orthodox Judaism.

I'm not saying it's right. (Either male or female is wrong in my book.) But aside from some movements or organisations here and there there's not a lot of noise made about male circumcision, but the female form gets wide publicity. Such hypocrisy.

Links on the show: TV Tome and WB

FGM article by Amnesty International.

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