Circumcision – introduction and motivation why I write about this
Circumcision – introduction and motivation why I write about this In the next few Blogs, I would like to write about male and female ‘circumcision’ . For men , the term circumcision is somewhat ‘obvious’ for it is widely practiced and is ‘recommended’ or ‘demanded’ by the Jewish religion as well as within the Muslim faith system (although there is room to argue about this). Male circumcision comes in a variety of practices. Female circumcision (there are 4 main types) is also called Female Genital Mutilation (FGM ) or Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting/Circumcision (FGM/C). All this can be summarized under the terms Human Genital Circumcision (HMC) or Human Genital Mutilation (HMG). The terms Mutilation and Cutting are often times not accepted since they bear the connotation of harmful, illegal. For this Blog, I will use the term H(uman)GM, F(emale)GM, and M(ale)GM , the ‘ M ’ stands for the more neutral term Modification , but I keep the original abbreviations and meani...