Quote Originally Posted by Euryleia View Post
There is a procedure that removes the clitoral hood that is most equivalent to circumcision. However, this too has the danger of nerve damage instead of the increased stimulation that some women who have it done seek.

This procedure is included in the "new mommy" package at some plastic surgeons...they lift the berasts, tuck the tummy, and circumcize the labia, and will include the clitoral hood as well....They also say that piercing the clit itself can cause nerve damage, resulting in less sensation.

i was thinking likewise about the African mutilization issue-they take the girls out and hold their legs and cut it off...not just the hood, either. the whole clitoris. They use whatever they can find, to include broken glass. There is no cleansing of the area. It's quite brutal and traumatic for the girls, who are usually around the age of 13. Without all of the rest of it (no pleasure, no masturbation, etc), this is an awful crime, all by itself...but add the rest, and what kind of life does that girl have? sickening.......