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To: epicure who wrote (13606)	3/1/2006 11:20:49 AM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541921

and also using the fact that it can inhibit childbirth. I saw a TV show the other day about the practice and it made the observation in passing that it obviates PAP tests. I didn't know that. If that's so, that's another serious argument.

To: epicure who wrote (13606)	3/1/2006 11:22:52 AM
From: Rambi	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541921

Ah- well, now we are talking diplomacy. A dying art, it seems. I really do like your approach of finding inconsistencies, though often there is huge resistance to that by finding excuses for exceptions.

To: epicure who wrote (13606)	3/1/2006 11:29:02 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541921

We don't have to accept genital mutilation, and we can try to change the minds of those involved in it- but saying our way is "better" rarely wins an argument (as we've seen on SI, "better" tends to be rather personal.) It's important also to keep in mind that "cultures" are not seamless wholes. What appears to be "culture" is often the product of power relations within. On the genital mutilation question, in particular, it could well be that many women don't approve but don't have the power of resistance. Or feel highly ambivalent about it. Etc. Ditto for other such practices. Not infrequently, what passes for culture are the reports from the elders, the powerful, the leaders, etc. And what it misses are the internal struggles.