Thank you Mr Jow for getting to the point of this debate particularly to the
realm of
comparing the two and i quote:apples and oranges.In a debate like this,i was
hesitant
into voicing my opinion afraid that someone will send me a private email
and use some profanity on me and so i kept my pace.
Again you have said it all as that is according to doctors,the most sensitve
area in
a woman when it comes to us being intimate and once you take it out,i'll let
you figure what happens next.Sorry if i offended anyone by my comments.
Thank you
Fatou Mbasu Nyang
007105
-----Original Message-----
From: Yusupha Jow [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2000 11:48 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Female circumcision; My View.


<<opposition to this practice for the simple reason that it is performed
outside the realm of modern medical facilities and not for anything else. >

Hinder:

By the above statement, it is painfully obvious that you have completely
missed the point of  this debate.  Female circumcision is opposed simply
because it involves "mutilating" a "vital" part of the female anatomy.  I
will leave you to figure out what this "vital" part of the anatomy is?

I would like to emphatically state that comparing male circumcision to
female circumcision is like comparing apples and oranges.  Male circumcision
involves removing a useless piece of foreskin from the penis.

Female circumcision, on the other hand, is performed to humble, subjugate
and dominate a woman by removing her ability to derive sexual pleaure where
it counts the most.   This is akin to having someone lose one of their basic
senses. (Touch, smell etc)

We simply have no place for such practices in today's world.

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