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Politics : About that Cuban boy, Elian -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: average joe who wrote (6474)	5/27/2000 6:19:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 9127

I do not see your point- women or men- what IS your point?

To: average joe who wrote (6474)	5/27/2000 6:25:00 PM
From: epicure	Respond to of 9127

OH- I see what you are saying. But I did not say I would stop either male or female circumcision. I said the mother should be able to take her daughter BACK to Mali and have her circumcised if she wanted to. With your inability to read I can see how you missed that. So males mutilate or circumcise males and women mutilate or circumcise females. I don't approve of either custom and would have it stomped out if I constitutionally could- in THIS country. What people do in other countries is their OWN business.

To: average joe who wrote (6474)	5/27/2000 11:05:00 PM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9127

Female circumcision, is part of their religion. Only for some tribes and cultures is there a religious connection, joe; for others it has nothing at all to do with religious belief. It can be done for several reasons: cultural or gender identity, control of women's sexuality and reproductive functions, and beliefs about hygiene and health. FGM is most often done by women, who carry on the practice for a variety of social, religious, traditional, economic and esthetic reasons. FGM is part of a rite of passage into womanhood at which the initiate is taught the roles expected of a wife, lover and mother. In some societies a woman who has not undergone the rite is considered unprepared for marriage. Religion is used to justify the practice of FGM in certain Islamic countries which portray FGM as an obligation for Muslim purification.