Social Adjustment

Female genital cutting in Hargeisa, Somaliland: is there a move towards less severe forms?

Reprod Health Matters. 2014 May;22(43):169-77. doi: 10.1016/S0968-8080(14)43759-5. Female genital cutting in Hargeisa, Somaliland: is there a move towards less severe forms? Lunde IB, Sagbakken M. ABSTRACT According to several sources, little progress is being made in eliminating the cutting of female genitalia. This paper, based on qualitative interviews and observations, explores perceptions of female genitalContinue reading “Female genital cutting in Hargeisa, Somaliland: is there a move towards less severe forms?”

The Cultural Debate over Female Circumcision: The Sudanese Are Arguing This One Out for Themselves

Med Anthropol Q. 1996 Dec; 10 (4): 455-475 The Cultural Debate over Female Circumcision: The Sudanese Are Arguing This One Out for Themselves Gruenbaum E ABSTRACT This article critiques medical ecological analysis of female circumcision as a “maladaptive cultural pattern” and argues that this highly controversial procedure must be analyzed within the larger contexts of women’sContinue reading “The Cultural Debate over Female Circumcision: The Sudanese Are Arguing This One Out for Themselves”