The Cruelty of Circumcision
The Cruelty of Circumcision
Throughout the years, many traditions have had their customs and have practiced rituals and beliefs. Many of these practices have been harmless and focused more on spiritual lifestyles, while others have gone to the extremes in human sacrifice, including mutilation of a human being. Many have gone to the extremes as to mutilate the human body to please a superior being. When it comes to circumcision, males have been known to undergo such process in stories of the Bible as a sign of leadership and sacrifice and many others have seen it as a sign of honor and loyalty. However, men are not the only ones that go through circumcision. Female genital mutilation has been a tradition for many years in places of Asia, Africa, and Europe for centuries and has spread to various nearby areas and even into North, Central and South America. Even though to the communities of such practices it is seen as a sacred and holy action, it has become a controversial issue where women are tortured, mutilated, and stripped from their rights. Woman are affected physically, emotionally, and mentally after undergoing such process and is believed to make them superior and more “clean” and “modest” than women who haven’t. However, many organizations have attempted to stop the practice and prevent other women to go through the circumcision, making it a controversial issue among the world. Female genital mutilation is practiced in many places in Asia, Africa and Europe including 28 African countries, Egypt, Sudan, Indonesia, and the Arabian Peninsula. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that 100 to 140 million girls and women have been circumcised throughout the world. It becomes even more devastating to hear that an estimated 2 million girls are circumcised every year. Female circumcision has extended worldwide to many different parts of the world and has even introduced itself into the United States as a type of plastic surgery intended
Throughout the years, many traditions have had their customs and have practiced rituals and beliefs. Many of these practices have been harmless and focused more on spiritual lifestyles, while others have gone to the extremes in human sacrifice, including mutilation of a human being. Many have gone to the extremes as to mutilate the human body to please a superior being. When it comes to circumcision, males have been known to undergo such process in stories of the Bible as a sign of leadership and sacrifice and many others have seen it as a sign of honor and loyalty. However, men are not the only ones that go through circumcision. Female genital mutilation has been a tradition for many years in places of Asia, Africa, and Europe for centuries and has spread to various nearby areas and even into North, Central and South America. Even though to the communities of such practices it is seen as a sacred and holy action, it has become a controversial issue where women are tortured, mutilated, and stripped from their rights. Woman are affected physically, emotionally, and mentally after undergoing such process and is believed to make them superior and more “clean” and “modest” than women who haven’t. However, many organizations have attempted to stop the practice and prevent other women to go through the circumcision, making it a controversial issue among the world. Female genital mutilation is practiced in many places in Asia, Africa and Europe including 28 African countries, Egypt, Sudan, Indonesia, and the Arabian Peninsula. According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that 100 to 140 million girls and women have been circumcised throughout the world. It becomes even more devastating to hear that an estimated 2 million girls are circumcised every year. Female circumcision has extended worldwide to many different parts of the world and has even introduced itself into the United States as a type of plastic surgery intended