Nat Rev Urol. 2012 Aug 7. Sexual medicine: Pain and pleasure-reconstruction after female genital mutilation. Razzak M. In 2004, the French National Health Service began to subsidize surgical reconstruction to treat dyspareunia in women who had undergone genital mutilation. The operation is now also offered to those seeking to improve their sex lives and physicalContinue reading “Sexual medicine: Pain and pleasure-reconstruction after female genital mutilation.”
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Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation: a prospective cohort study
The Lancet. 2012 July 380(9837):134 – 141. Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation: a prospective cohort study Foldes P, Cuzin B, Andro A ABSTRACT Women who have undergone female genital mutilation rarely have access to the reconstructive surgery that is now available. Our objective was to assess the immediate and long-term outcomes of this surgery.Continue reading “Reconstructive surgery after female genital mutilation: a prospective cohort study”
Pain as a Counterpoint to Culture: Toward an Analysis of Pain Associated with Infibulation among Somali Immigrants in Norway
Med Anthropol Q. 2002 Sept; 16 (3): 312-340 Pain as a Counterpoint to Culture: Toward an Analysis of Pain Associated with Infibulation among Somali Immigrants in Norway Elise R, Johansen B ABSTRACT This article focuses on how some Somali women experience and reflect on the pain of infibulation as a lived bodily experience within shifting socialContinue reading “Pain as a Counterpoint to Culture: Toward an Analysis of Pain Associated with Infibulation among Somali Immigrants in Norway”
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