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I am thinking about doing a paper that investigates instances of genital mutilation and female circumcision in the United States. I would want to focus on laws and legislation within the United States that would or would not allow this practice, cross-cultural differences that would support this act, and some different feminist perspectives on the topic, as they apply. I will try to research the occurences of this practice in the United States, as well as I can, considering the procedure has to be done by underground doctors and my not be done by choice. There are websites and different resources that show that there are some women in the US that desire to get this procedure done so I might delve into what would drive women to do that to themselves, from a feminist perspective. I will also try to look at the movement against this practice in the United States and our views in society on the topic and how that relates to cultural relativism.
posted by Ashley @ 5:53 AM
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Sounds like a very interesting topic to me. Start working and see what information you can find.
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While your proposed topic seems to focus specifically on female circumcision and female genital mutilation, I thought you might want to look at or include some research on the elective surgeries
(done without the individuals consent, as they are children their parents make the decision) done on intersexed persons to make them physically male or female. A great place to start would be the Intersex Society of North America's website: http://www.isna.org/
Male circumcision is also elective and done without the child's permission.. There is a debate on this as there is on intersexed persons.. It's just not as controversial because "everyone" does it.
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