Tag Archives: Public Opinion

Management of health outcomes of female genital mutilation: Systematic reviews and evidence syntheses.

Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2017 Feb;136 Suppl 1:1-2. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.12041. Management of health outcomes of female genital mutilation: Systematic reviews and evidence syntheses. Sunday-Adeoye I, Serour G. EXTRACT Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a harmful practice without any known benefit. The true burden of FGM is dfficult to determine owing to the lack of reliableContinue reading “Management of health outcomes of female genital mutilation: Systematic reviews and evidence syntheses.”

(Im)perishable Pleasure, (In)destructible Desire: Sexual Themes in U.S. and English News Coverage of Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting.

J Sex Res. 2014 Sep 25:1-16. [Epub ahead of print] (Im)perishable Pleasure, (In)destructible Desire: Sexual Themes in U.S. and English News Coverage of Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting. Carpenter LM, Kettrey HH. ABSTRACT Under what conditions do sexual pleasure and desire get addressed in news coverage of sexual health issues like female genital cuttingContinue reading “(Im)perishable Pleasure, (In)destructible Desire: Sexual Themes in U.S. and English News Coverage of Male Circumcision and Female Genital Cutting.”

Women’s attitudes towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt.

J Inj Violence Res. 2010 Jan;2(1):41-5. doi: 10.5249/jivr.v2i1.33. Women’s attitudes towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt. Dalal K, Lawoko S, Jansson B. Linköpings Universitet, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Centre for Medical Technology Assessment and Division of Social Medicine and Public Health Sciences, Linköping, Sweden. koustuv.dalal@liu.se BACKGROUND: To examine women’s attitude towardsContinue reading “Women’s attitudes towards discontinuation of female genital mutilation in Egypt.”

Circumcision. Parity for the sexes?

BMJ. 2010 Jul 21;341:c3888. doi: 10.1136/bmj.c3888. Circumcision. Parity for the sexes? Bhopal R. Comment on BMJ. 2010;340:c2728. Bewley and colleagues’ arguments against female genital mutilation1 are irresistible, so why are they not applied to the male equivalent, circumcision? Their arguments against medical involvement in even “nicking” the female genitalia are compelling on logical grounds, but there isContinue reading “Circumcision. Parity for the sexes?”

Egyptian ever-married women’s attitude toward discontinuation of female genital cutting.

Singapore Med J. 2010 Jan;51(1):15-20. Egyptian ever-married women’s attitude toward discontinuation of female genital cutting. Afifi M. Department of Primary Health Care, Ministry of Health (Headquarters) Dubai, PO Box 1853, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. afifidr@gmail.com INTRODUCTION: This study aimed to examine Egyptian ever-married women’s beliefs and attitude toward the discontinuation of female genital cutting (FGC).Continue reading “Egyptian ever-married women’s attitude toward discontinuation of female genital cutting.”