Female Genital Mutilation: A Socio-Cultural Gang Up Against Womanhood

This article uses the voices of women to investigate the horror of the cultural practice of female genital mutilation. Case studies graphically illustrate the way in which the bodies of young girls are literally moulded for male satisfaction, physical, religious and cultural. Female genital mutilati...

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Published in:Feminist theology
Main Author: Olubanke Akintunde, Dorcas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage 2010
In: Feminist theology
Further subjects:B Violence against women
B Religion
B cultural practice
B Nigeria
B Female Genital Mutilation
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Summary:This article uses the voices of women to investigate the horror of the cultural practice of female genital mutilation. Case studies graphically illustrate the way in which the bodies of young girls are literally moulded for male satisfaction, physical, religious and cultural. Female genital mutilation is a socio-cultural offensive against women and young girls which we would join with female theologians in condemning.
ISSN:1745-5189
Contains:Enthalten in: Feminist theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0966735009348667