Dev World Bioeth. 2017;17(2):134–140. Punishment of Minor Female Genital Ritual Procedures: Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good? Jacobs AJ, Arora KS ABSTRACT Female genital alteration (FGA) is any cutting, removal or destruction of any part of the external female genitalia. Various FGA practices are common throughout the world. While most frequent in AfricaContinue reading “Punishment of Minor Female Genital Ritual Procedures: Is the Perfect the Enemy of the Good?”
Tag Archives: Body Modification/Non-Therapeutic
The Practice of Puxa-Puxa among Mozambican Women: A Systematic Inventory of Motives.
J Sex Res. 2013 Aug 7. [Epub ahead of print] The Practice of Puxa-Puxa among Mozambican Women: A Systematic Inventory of Motives. Vera Cruz G, Mullet E. Department of Psychology, Eduardo Mondlane University. ABSTRACT Puxa-puxa is the elongation of the labia minora of the genital organs. It is one of the most widespread genital practicesContinue reading “The Practice of Puxa-Puxa among Mozambican Women: A Systematic Inventory of Motives.”
Labia Minora Elongation and its implications on the health of women: A Systematic Review
Int J Sex Health. 2013. DOI:10.1080/19317611.2013.851139 Labia Minora Elongation and its implications on the health of women: A Systematic Review Martínez Pérez G, Tomás Aznar C, Bagnol B ABSTRACT Labia Minora Elongation is a female genital modification practice categorized among the types included in the fourth group of female genital mutilation. In this paper we display theContinue reading “Labia Minora Elongation and its implications on the health of women: A Systematic Review”
Elongation of labia minora – Zambia
manena20.blogspot.com webpage. Sunday, December 07, 2008 Elongation of labia minora – Zambia By Manena (author of the blog where this post is hosted) EXTRACT I was browsing the web today and just now found out that elongation of labia minora is classified as Genital Mutilation type IV (where have I been?). So of course after myContinue reading “Elongation of labia minora – Zambia”
ELONGATION: OKUKYALIRA ENSIKO, the Buganda way of enhancing sexual pleasure
Ekimeeza webpage. MAY 21, 2012 ELONGATION: OKUKYALIRA ENSIKO, the Buganda way of enhancing sexual pleasure (No author) EXTRACT Humanity’s pursuit for merit is not restricted to the open. Even in utmost privacy, when the matter at hand is entirely the business of a secretive twosome, mankind has always sought to excel and impress. To many men,Continue reading “ELONGATION: OKUKYALIRA ENSIKO, the Buganda way of enhancing sexual pleasure”
[Nurses’ roles in female sexual mutilation]
Soins Pediatr Pueric. 2008 Dec;(245):39-41. [Nurses’ roles in female sexual mutilation]. [Article in French] Gignon M, Manaouil C, Decourcelle M, Jarde O. Service de médecine légale et sociale, CHU d’Amiens-Picardie, Amiens. There is no ABSTRACT available for this article. There is no LINK to view this article online.
[Female cosmetic genital surgery: Point-counterpoint]
Gynecol Obstet FertiL. July-Aug 2012 40(7–8); 445–448 Que penser de la génitoplastie cosmétique féminine aujourd’hui ? [Female cosmetic genital surgery: Point-counterpoint] [Article in French] Colson M.H. Abstract Cosmetic genitoplasty interventions, and especially reduction nymphoplasties, now seem to attract more and more patients, mainly among the younger who are more influenced by widely publicized pornographic than by anatomicContinue reading “[Female cosmetic genital surgery: Point-counterpoint]”
African Sexuality: A reader
Pambazuka Press has published the book “African Sexualities: A Reader”, a collection of research and opinion papers edited by the Ugandese writer Sylvia Tamale. In this book the following works can be found: 1. Introduction, by Sylvia Tamale 2. Researching and Theorizing Sexualities in Africa, by Sylvia Tamale 3. Doing Research on Sexuality in Africa: Ethical DilemmasContinue reading “African Sexuality: A reader”
[History of arteficial deformation of the human body. V. Selfmutilation, ritual mutilation].
Orv Hetil. 2011 Sep 18;152(38):1544-6. [History of arteficial deformation of the human body. V. Selfmutilation, ritual mutilation]. [Article in Hungarian] Józsa L. jozsalg@freemail.hu No abstract is available. This article can be purchased in this LINK
Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications
Reprod Health Matters. May 2010, 18(35):29-37. Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications Johnsdotter S, Essen B ABSTRACT The discrepancy in societal attitudes toward female genital cosmetic surgery for European women and female genital cutting in primarily African girl children and women raises the following fundamental question. How can it be that extensive genitalmodifications, including reduction of labial and clitoral tissue, are consideredContinue reading “Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications”
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