Sunday, December 13, 2009

Vagina Win

The Ugandan parliament recently passed a bill unanimously banning all forms of female genital mutilation (clit high-fives all around). The law brings a ten year jail sentence to convicted offenders and a life sentence if the girl dies as a result of the practice.
                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                A COMPLETE VAGINA IS A HAPPY ONE
FGM - seen most often in African and Asian nations that consider it a traditional rite - has long been a controversial subject. While it is a cultural tradition in many nations, the frequently gruesome procedure typically involves removing the clitoris and all or parts of the labia and sometimes sewing the vaginal opening shut. FGM carries with it severe health risks including infections, infertility and death and is still performed on girls 4 to 15 years old in many countries. Often a girl's first sexual experience will be extremely painful and traumatic as the sewn labia have to be re-cut prior to intercourse and sexual stimulation is difficult or impossible to achieve.


          
While Uganda and other nations are taking steps to limit instances of FGM, it is still prevalent in many African and Asian countries. According to the United Nations, some communities have begun the practice of "lesser cuts" where fewer parts of the genitals are removed.

Unless they plan on limiting these procedures to a snip of a newborn's clitoral hood with sterile instruments (like male circumcision) then PHG's got nothin to say to them.

To learn more about FGM visit the World Health Organization.

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