Comments on: FGM Ban

By: Tandy

Tandy — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:26:59 +0000

The whole debate abtly steers away from the subject of male sexuality. The thing I don’t get about Islam (no offense) is that — in the way it is portrayed by the MB, among others — it seems to assume that men are sexual maniacs, unable to control themselves if they see an unveiled woman (or in the presence of a woman with all her sexual organs intact). Surely man (men and women) is not an animal? What happened to self-control? Why all the aggro against women? — Just wondering…

By: Sonny

Sonny — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:24:26 +0000

Apparently these people think that women are freaking horny cats that will hump the nearest chair if the look the other way.

The problem is this is a deeply rooted tradition in these countries, probably ages old.

Generations upon generations of women were mutilated through out hundreds of years. The girls mothers and grandmothers were mutilated and apparently they are fine and want their daughters to be mutilated too.

I don’t think its very wise to simply ban the procedure. The people will simply find illegal ways to do it and its very hard to convince them that its bad since they simple want “benefits”, they fear their daughters will run wild and they believe that this is the vaccine. The men feel that their prestige, status and manhood is worth it.

Does the health ministry have a plan to phase this tradition out other than under-toned TV ads and billboards?

Does FGM really prevents promiscuity?

Is the Muslim Brotherhood full of elephant shit?

By: SP

SP — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 10:15:55 +0000

‘Hysteria ‘treatment, unlike FGM, had its benefits:

http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/342/25/1925

By: kb

kb — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:57:08 +0000

But that’s their whole argument, no? FGM is necessary _because_ of the “benefits” it brings to girls: chastity, virginity, lack of wantonness or sexual wildness. Not to mention those abnormally large organs.

I read that they passed the FGM article only after a clause had been added that it could be performed in cases of “medical necessity”. When would this ever be medically necessary?! And who decides? Medical practitioners have had some crazy ideas in the past. The origin of “hysteria,” to name just one.

By: SP

SP — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 16:34:53 +0000

What benefit can FGM possibly bring a girl? Well, according to some middle-aged moralistic woman in a documentary on the topic I once saw, what if the girl’s husband gets a good job in the Gulf and has to be away for a couple of years to make money for the family? This will help her be a good girl while she waits.

Oh yeah.

By: forsoothsayer

forsoothsayer — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 07:28:18 +0000

for a procedure to continue to be practised, they weigh whether it succeeds more than it fails, and what benefit it brings. what benefit can fgm possibly bring a girl?

By: Through Grace Peace

Through Grace Peace — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 17:03:22 +0000

Truth Escapes Satans Grip

I had a dream.
I saw satan swimming slowly, languorously, smiling,
wafting down a river of blood.
More and more as he spread his blood drenched arms
across each bank, people murdered themselves
and murdered their neighbors.
Their blood poured out filling the river deeper and deeper,
and satan patiently, willfully, joyfully
screeched a hideous cry of encouragement.
The unwitting souls on the riverbank, stood
with their eyes firmly fixed on the heavens
spoke the name of God,
then committed self-murder,
and satans fingers, dripping blood, dragged their souls
into his hell bound torrent.
Occasionally a bright beam of truth
would shine upon one of the souls on the riverbank
and they would simply walk away.
And satan thrashed and screamed each time
as another soul escaped his grip.

Through Grace Peace