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Post by FilmFlaneur on Sept 28, 2019 22:17:16 GMT
Both can involve non consensual, non essential mutilation or injury of the genitals usually justified by religion, culture and tradition. For instance over 80 percent of Malaysian women claim religious obligation as the primary reason for practising FGM, along with hygiene (41 percent) and cultural practice (32 percent). The practice is widespread among Muslim women in Indonesia, and over 90 percent of Muslim adults supported it as of 2003. This sort of reasoning sound familiar? I would agree that the severity of FGM is usually greater on the individual in effect than that for MGM. However having said that, it is still estimated that approximately 119 infant boys die from circumcision-related each year in the U.S. (1.3% of all male neonatal deaths from all causes). There are several case reports of death in the medical literature. These are deaths from various infections. There is also reason to believe that many deaths from circumcision are attributed to other causes. For example, if a baby were to die of meningitis that was contracted through the circumcision wound, the death may be attributed to meningitis while ignoring the fact that the baby would not have had meningitis if he had not been circumcised. www.cirp.org/library/death/
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