What critics think

What critics think Articles

Is trans surgery just state-sanctioned mutilation?

Guest Author Published 27 June 2022

Brendan O’Neill spiked’s chief political writer recently published this insightful piece.

Gender equality in Abrahamic circumcision – why or why not?

Guest Author Published 7 March 2022

A recently published issue of Global Discourse uses Professor Richard Shweder’s essay

FGM: Perils of a cause célèbre

Guest Author Published 25 May 2021

A patronising and draconian response to FGM risks victimising women who have already been abused writes Ella Whelan.

Call the Midwife?

Bríd Hehir Published 21 April 2021

The nostalgic BBC drama, Call the Midwife, set in London’s east end

14 years sentence for being an African woman

Imprisoned for the crime of being an African woman

Guest Author Published 3 June 2020

The Shifting Sands piece, and Marge Berer’s excellent blog

I don’t want to have my awareness raised, thanks

Guest Author Published 4 April 2020

The 17th anniversary of the UN’s Zero Tolerance for FGM day

The feminist fixation on vaginas is getting out of hand.

Put it away, love

Guest Author Published 3 March 2020

No one could accuse me of not liking vaginas; I’m especially keen on mine writes Julie Burchill.

Is Zero Tolerance the best approach for ending FGM?

Guest Author Published 12 February 2020

On Saturday, 8 February 2020, the recently formed group, Hidden Voices UK,

Response to Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030

Critique of Manifesto to end FGM in the UK by 2030

Guest Author Published 31 January 2020

FGM activists, fronted by Professor Hilary Burrage, recently circulated a manifesto ‘only to those I am pretty sure have a serious interest in issues around female genital mutilation (FGM).’ This patently didn’t include me but others shared it.

Does the WHO undermine Religious Freedom & Gender Equality?

WHO undermines Religious Freedom and Gender Equality?

Guest Author Published 19 August 2019

A federal judge in Detroit has dismissed six charges of FGM,

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Recent Tweets by @ShiftingSandFGC

Mutilation is OK - if carried out in the name of transgenderism. shiftingsands.org.uk/is-trans…

@MaryKenny4 @AnnFuredi I thought @AnnFuredi addressed that point well in this podcast. podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0…

Allan J Jacobs @globaldiscourse shows how understanding of the anatomy of female/male bodies can contribute to debates about circumcision: anatomical differences make female circumcision dangerous in infancy and male circumcision safest in infancy. bristoluniversitypressdigital…

In this @globaldiscourse essay, @briandavidearp shows how he and Rick Shweder agree on the presence of double standards but depart in their normative conclusions, with Earp rejecting all medically unnecessary medical cutting of children. bristoluniversitypressdigital…

Here, Drs Ahmadu and Kamau analyse the paradox of the treatment of @FGC in #Kenyan law, in which legislation appears to privilege gender-confirming surgery in a cultural context with less fluid gender norms. ingentaconnect.com/content/bu…

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