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Old 01-20-2004, 06:21 AM   #7
Melusine
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Join Date: January 8, 2001
Location: Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Quote:
Originally posted by Bungleau:
Your google search might also use "female circumcision", Larry. I suspect that FGM is the less ... offensive ... way to describe it. Or perhaps it's more offensive... I'm not sure.
It's the technical term human rights organisations and the like use, so that's why I suggested it - hoping the search would turn up more sites from serious organisations then. Also, using female circumcision as a search term, I got some sites promoting "hoodectomy" as an "elective" surgery meant to stimulate rather than deaden feeling.
Offensive or not offensive are irrelevant as far as I'm concerned. It's a sickening practise no matter what label you put on it or how much you are (in)offended by the label.

[ 01-20-2004, 06:41 AM: Message edited by: Melusine ]
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