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Overview
The book opens with a description of female circumcision/female genital mutilation, its history and its consequences for health. The authors look at the reasons used to justify it--control of women’s sexuality, tradition, interpretation of religious dictates--and present a history of the movement working to combat it.
Synopsis
The book opens with a description of female circumcision/female genital mutilation, its history and its consequences for health. The authors look at the reasons used to justify it--control of women’s sexuality, tradition, interpretation of religious dictates--and present a history of the movement working to combat it.