Comments on: On Trial: Female Circumcision in America http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/ Community to share in news and random thoughts! Blog away! Thu, 06 Sep 2007 22:23:51 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: holygoodnight http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-41 holygoodnight Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:08:40 +0000 http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-41 We did not know that Kily about the choir. Very saddening, again, a civilized world but this cannot be blamed on Third World culture. We did not know that Kily about the choir. Very saddening, again, a civilized world but this cannot be blamed on Third World culture.

]]> By: holygoodnight http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-40 holygoodnight Sat, 04 Nov 2006 18:07:59 +0000 http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-40 Convicted. Very big word. I don't know if the man did it or not; regardless, it is hard to know how you could miss a child's mutilation. Many parents could overlook a change in the area as it is not one open to regular observation and short of pain or bleeding, may not be inspected/noticed. I would think that there had to be pain and at least her closest family members would have known that. Speculation, regardless, the practice makes no sense to this Western mind and is disfigurement and abuse. Convicted. Very big word. I don’t know if the man did it or not; regardless, it is hard to know how you could miss a child’s mutilation. Many parents could overlook a change in the area as it is not one open to regular observation and short of pain or bleeding, may not be inspected/noticed. I would think that there had to be pain and at least her closest family members would have known that.

Speculation, regardless, the practice makes no sense to this Western mind and is disfigurement and abuse.

]]> By: Kily Cloony http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-39 Kily Cloony Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:59:57 +0000 http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-39 This reminds me of another stupid and dim-witted practice, not in “unsophisticated” cultures but in the “refined” and culturally literate societies of Europe. Young boys with a talent for singing were chosen to perform in their church choir. For some, this meant eventual castration to maintain their “angelic” voice. This practice was wide spread in the churches of middle ages. This reminds me of another stupid and dim-witted practice, not in “unsophisticated” cultures but in the “refined” and culturally literate societies of Europe. Young boys with a talent for singing were chosen to perform in their church choir. For some, this meant eventual castration to maintain their “angelic” voice. This practice was wide spread in the churches of middle ages.

]]> By: Kily Cloony http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-38 Kily Cloony Sat, 04 Nov 2006 14:39:51 +0000 http://holygoodnight.wordpress.com/2006/10/27/on-trial-female-circumsion-in-america/#comment-38 I saw that the father was convicted. This is horrible at so many levels. How can the mother not know this happened to her daughter – for over a year!?! Would she have noticed a scrapped knee from fall? A tummy ache from something she ate? Or a cold? A flu? But she didn’t notice her daughter’s clitoris cut off! They should both be locked up. Absent from every news account discussing this story is an inquiry on how this practice started. Really, how can a culture decide that a mutilated young girl would be a more desired young woman? I saw that the father was convicted. This is horrible at so many levels. How can the mother not know this happened to her daughter – for over a year!?! Would she have noticed a scrapped knee from fall? A tummy ache from something she ate? Or a cold? A flu? But she didn’t notice her daughter’s clitoris cut off! They should both be locked up.
Absent from every news account discussing this story is an inquiry on how this practice started. Really, how can a culture decide that a mutilated young girl would be a more desired young woman?

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