"It was extremely important to me that my daughter be properly educated on the subject of female circumcision. Most people’s experience with Female Circumcision are the primitive practices in areas of the Middle East and Africa where there is NO explanation of the process and often times young girls are held down against their will. It is done mostly in unsanitary conditions in which a midwife uses unclean instruments like razor blades, pieces of glass or metal, scissors or kitchen knives to perform the operations. Sometimes they are used on several girls in a row and are rarely cleaned or sanitized. Naturally this causes the transmission of a variety of infections and these botched operations have numerous complications. Antiseptic and anesthesia are rarely used. Please understand I find this practice DISGUSTING and DANGEROUS. That is NOT the procedure I or my organization promote. I would NEVER subject my darling daughters to such barbaric treatment. In fact, F.A.C.E. worked on the task force that helped to pass legislation in Egypt making it ILLEGAL to perform these operations outside of a sanitary doctor’s office.
My daughter and I went together to visit one of the three F.A.C.E. doctors, who I will refer to as “Dr. G.” since current federal laws prohibit this procedure on persons under 18. (Even though circumcision is FAR MORE PAINFUL and DANGEROUS to perform on women after puberty. Imagine a grown man circumcising his penis. Painful right? The Law is designed to PROHIBIT our choice as parents and women by limiting this procedure until the age when most doctors would refuse to perform it making it nearly IMPOSSIBLE.) Anyway, Dr. Gosselin was wonderful. During our first visit, he took my daughter into his office and discussed the operation in full detail. He explained the anesthesia, the various tools he would employ and used a clay vagina to point out exactly what would happen. My daughter found this exhilarating. She paid close attention. I could see her dreams of becoming a nurse shining in her eyes. I was bursting with pride. I wanted to be sure she was making an educated decision. I had her remove her pants and Dr. G showed her exactly where her clitoris was. He manipulated it for a short while and I asked her how it felt. “Good,” she said. “That is the feeling I was talking about,” I said. “I can live without it,” she announced."
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- BME (people have it done because they think it will enhance orgasm, which is backwards because that is the reason females are forced to have this procedure done, so they can NOT orgasm. This is why people need to research things before they have it done)
- Circumcised Women Who Support The Practice