the Guardian worked on a really important story recently with Sholom at
Midland now she is an investigative reporter that has worked with you I T in
the past
and they brought awareness to an issue here in the united states that is never
talked about and that's the issue of female genital mutilation
now of the mailman general mutilation is also referred to as female circumcision
and a lot of people will compare it to male circumcision
but one thing to keep in mind is that it is very different in terms upbeat intent
a female genital mutilation usually has to do with insuring that the girl
or the woman never enjoy sacks it's a way of keeping her pure
and it leads to long-term health issues including
problems administration sexual intercourse
and also childbirth in a lot of cases the women are in pain
literally for the rest of their lives I and what happens in america
is women are taking our girls are taken I love the country they're sent to
countries
in Africa and this procedure is done and it's absolutely horrible
now we have apiece a video that the Guardian dead
it's a very very graphic video it's very difficult to watch
but I think it kind of shows you on the seriousness of the issue and you know
what that said let's take a quick look
the we and what happened to marry a home on
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female genital mutilation is 5,000
year old harmful
actors that remove hardcore all
a the female to meet him it is practiced in 28 countries
Africa some countries in the Middle East and
run goal and he worth to you
subjugate women to control their sexuality to guarantee their virginity
intermarriage
so now five thousand years later it's still occurs
people always talk about him is something that happens okay
we have girls that have helped you perform moving
right here and look at the very gaspara with his big bro
me one brother growth at a restaurant so typically happens with girls that are
prepubescent right before they go through puberty
and the problem with this is you know of course the United States has outlawed it
which is why the procedure doesn't take place here in the US they go to other
countries in order to do it
I but another issue is we don't have many studies on this we don't have a lot
of information as to how many women are how many girls are victims at this
practice
so %uh there is a woman living in Atlanta Georgia right now her name is I
Jawahar do but to core a and she is a victim of the issues raising awareness
about it and she has started to change da toward petition
in order to commission more studies on this to get a sense of how many victims
there are in the United States
and just watching the video is is is incredibly difficult
an I hadn't realized until reading about this campaign
that there were so many girls in the US you were being taken overseas for this
horrible horrific procedure and then brought back time and again
you know the were really had me off about is is the idea that this is
somehow
equivalent female circumcision yeah I was not only is the procedure itself
different it's essentially you know if you say I just castrated male but cut
off all it is
external genitalia that that kind equipment up yes it's coming up
everything
and and it's just it or effect and the result is different
from male circumcision it is not the same thing it's not the same thing I
think that there is a legitimate argument
about whether or not you should circumcise a baby
against his and his will you know i i I think that that's an interesting
argument
but again I think you're right when you say that you can't compare the two
jimmy is making a face of curious to see what the big bang I was
no I and 100 percent against circumcision are also I mean it's the
same thing in male circumcision yes
minutes it's the same thing well her on her
I means the same you're violating the same principle this person doesn't have
a decision to do this or not be doing it to them
you're making this decision for them and there's no medical benefit the
circumcision
their member a bit man who don't aren't circumcised have no higher rated
penile infections and urinary tract infections it's all just as weird
Boudou bullshit and I'm you know I black slut a lot of Christopher Hitchens
debate a lot of rabbis on this
and now you know it's a very shocking to hear Christopher
the way he states that he stated very bluntly what they did so because you
know you are
you're a maniac in him he'll hard now mutilating these boys and their
and no I and II oh and they black they try to laugh it off you know
but you know we know that babies get herpes from the gym the you know the
the rabbi at the sucked on the after does that yet the babies with herpes
from there another yet that the subcommittee but like that could beat
them they suck the but what the
its ok well maybe rear the rudimentary procedure yeah and that happens in the
United States all the time
bright and they were cool with it and we think it's a great and Mail app about it
and
the this is work worse I'm its worst pain
it happens to them when they're older I mean I don't know what the psychological
ramifications
up getting circumcised are but I'm sure there are there are some
and the you know they're finding out that there are psychological
ramifications to being adopted you know their subconscious
anger that people feel about abandonment stop so I can imagine
it is just such a brutal arcade did just ignorant you know
and it goes back to religion also a lot a bit you know not all a bit its
cultural
but it goes back to just you know religion stifling
questioning things stifling thought stifling coming up with your own answers
to things and questions like the No
religion is the N double thought they don't know we encourage questioning your
butt dialing code one answer right
the something comes up with another answer you gotta get back out here
right I'm so I'm gonna looks at another night I think that you make a lot a
really great point look when it comes to that
I'm really open to argument have male circumcision like I i think that
it's a really interesting topic what how I think I'll be okay
no I'm not I'm not saying that it is okay I'll I'm not saying that and I'm
just saying that
I see a lot a credible arguments against it like the ones that you just mentioned
right now
obvio only thing that turns me off to those who advocates banning male
circumcision is when they compare it to female circumcision
because I think that you just can't compare the two you have one case where
yet they're both religious practices there will call drop at practices
you have one case where the only purpose of doing it to a woman or to a girl I
should say
is to ensure that she sexually pure right but she never enjoy sexual
activity
I mean I up her life for the rest of her life she's in pain for the rest the real
life in many cases not all cases
in the case a male circumcision I mean look I
I am against doing it to a baby when they don't have the ability to consent
right
but I'm circumcised male can still enjoy sex
you know that's not be it so you can't compare that's really hard but I manage
I you know we're talking about the email
Dunnellon mutilation it's a lifetime punishment essentially for being female