Egyptian activists strive to halt female circumcision

This breaks my heart. It is violence and it cannot be condoned. If an adult chooses to participate in such an event (with no community pressure) that is one thing yet that is not what is happening.

it's a crime against humanity,
it's a crime against freewill.
religious believes that in the end will not matter,
still bring suffering to inocent
girls who just whant to have fun.

Oh my goodness! This is fucking horrible.

Okay, I understand their pov [to a certain degree]

but to circumcise your daughter's clitoris and other genitalia is just horrible.

& its stupid, if your trying to help/protect your daughter's future by doing this. You are actually hurting their future.

This is not the way to go.

That freaks me out totally it doesn't do any good to the female at all. She will be in pain all her life which is a damn shame. This is another way to block woman sexuality. I just get sick when I look at the picture, it hurts my heart, dude.

This is sick and heartbreaking. The people to do this have no shame.

I don't think it is a matter of blaming people since they are obviously convinced they are doing the girl a favour by helping her to control her sexuality. With all due respect to cultural differences, I think this is an issue where education is urgently needed.

This broke my heart when I first heard about it. Education has to prevail for these poor girls and others in the world who are going through the same.

Great.

Now the next step is to stop the mutilation of mens' foreskins via circumcision.

You guys do all know that removal of the foreskin has the exact same purpose right?

I agree that these cultures need to be educated, but I don't think that it will do much good. They seem to look for whatever way possible to control and repress their women. I posted this because I am disgusted by this form of terrorism, but I am also that much more appreciative to live in a culture where a woman's sexuality is revered rather than treated like something to be ashamed of, and I am thankful for that.

Uh, no it didn't.

It was started in the U.S. for religious reasons, to prevent boys from masturbating because people thought that was offensive to Jesus. Cleanliness was part of it, but the main reasons were sexual.

Regardless, male circumcision is also extremely painful, invasive and serves no purpose other than to control men's sexuality. It does not keep things cleaner and it does not prevent disease.

Sounds like you're just as ignorant as the people you're trying to "educate."

If you believe in circumcision, you are a hypocrite and are equally as idiotic as the people that believe in removing the clitoris.

It's funny how people are willing to jump on the bandwagon acting like other cultures are wrong and how we need to stop them yet make excuses for their own cultural bullshit. Sounds vaguely white man's burden to me. Especially disgusting in this case as male circumcision is nearly the same practice.

a total violation... heartbreaking

Agh...it sounds so painful. But these are their beliefs, and I don't feel we should call these people "shameless" for their beliefs. It's good to know that the number of mutilations is beginning to decrease.

the look on that girls face in the photograph says it all.

Education is the key. I know of plenty of women who have their clitoris and are not "controlled by sex". Seems to me this is a myth perpetrated by some jerkwad middle eastern king who didnt know how to please a woman.

You know there are a few serial killers that took it upon themselves to carve out the vagina after killing the woman. It must be a sick fascination with seeing pain in women that drive men to be so demanding of such a tradition.

It sucks that these people are so misinformed. In an age where information is so accessible, you'd think that it would get to them. It's not accessible enough in a lot of countries.

Jeez, man. That girl looks genuinely scared. How horrible. =[

J Jammer is completly right. But here is America, we circumsize most of our men. This leave them with substantially less sensitivity in that area. Is this anymore right? I dont know, I'll just flip a coin for my son.

Fuck that.

Im flabbergasted, and extreamly lucky to live in the US.

Force of your beliefs on someone is a crime in my world you rhnosaurous pissle. So the girl wont have a strong sexual desire. I dont know jack about this procecure by far. But I do know you can do shit to a child that you cant do to an adult. You laid down and had sex to make a baby, now you wanna control how that child has sex. Playing God are we. Im done talking about child abusers. Im not from there by far but man I dont like the victimization.

Yes, it's horrible and no, I don't condone it. But this is an example of OUR culture feeling exceptional in the face of others. Automatically, we feel that our views are right and those who disagree are wrong. This is a centuries old practice not just in Egypt but in many places. They are not barbaric or all evil people.

Wow, that is so sad these poor girls