Why do religious rituals always involve genital mutilation?
What is Female Genital Mutilation?
Female Genital Mutilation is the term used for removal of all or just part of the external parts of the female genitalia. There are three varieties to this procedure.
1. Sunna Circumcision - consists of the removal of the prepuce(retractable fold of skin, or hood) and /or the tip of the clitoris. Sunna in Arabic means "tradition".
2. Clitoridectomy - consists of the removal of the entire clitoris (prepuce and glands) and the removal of the adjacent labia.
3. Infibulation(pharonic circumcision)-- consists of performing a clitoridectomy (removal of all or part of the labia minora, the labia majora). This is then stitched up allowing a small hole to remain open to allow for urine and menstrual blood to flow through.
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The same reason why people engage in risky behaviour such as taking drugs, piercings and wreckless endangerment (bravery/stupidity) - to convey fitness. Surviving genital mutilation shows beyond reasonable doubt, that the circumcised person is strong and fit enough to survive such a trauma and is therefore a superior candidate for offspring compared to a lesser person that hasn't tested their fitness with such an act.
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Anonymous2010-12-27 19:55
>>11
When you explain it like that, it just sounds counterproductive.
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Anonymous2010-12-27 20:20
>>12
Eventually we will breed a baby that can beat a grown man with a knife into submission using only his prepubescent penis. Surely you can see that this existence carries with it an unparalleled beauty that has value by itself.
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Anonymous2010-12-28 4:29
>>10
Only Muslims, Jews and Americans do it for religious reasons. (assuming willful ignorance counts as religious for the latter)