Tag: cutting season
The moral licensing of FGM actors
I’ve recently come across the term ‘moral licensing’ and think it usefully explains how and why actors in the FGM industry behave as they do.
Read MoreThe Lords should challenge, not indulge, FGM rhetoric
The FGM discussion in the House of Lords in July 2018
Read More“FGM campaigners use a ‘pick and choose’ approach.”
Interview with Zwedi
Read MoreClitoral pricking being investigated as FGM
Scotland Yard is investigating the alleged
Read MoreThe FGM/C crusade is out of control
Heard about the now infamous trip
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@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…
@KonstantinKisin I was offered but refused it, so there...