Clitoridectomy is less drastic than infibulation, which involves removing all of a woman's external genitalia and sewing the wound shut until she is married, leaving a small hole for urination.
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The Christian Bible ( New Testament ) does not mention female circumcision ( i . e . removal of clitoral hood ) or female genital mutilation ( i . e . clitoridectomy and infibulation ).
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The Jewish Bible ( Old Testament ) does not mention female circumcision ( i . e . removal of clitoral hood ) or female genital mutilation ( i . e . clitoridectomy and infibulation ).
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During 1866, Baker Brown began to receive negative feedback from within the medical profession from doctors who opposed the use of clitoridectomies and questioned the validity of Baker Brown's claims of success.
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In 2013, it was disclosed in a medical journal that four unnamed elite female athletes from developing countries were subjected to gonadectomies and partial clitoridectomies after testosterone testing revealed that they had an intersex condition.
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In 1866, Baker Brown described the use of clitoridectomy, the removal of the clitoris, as a cure for several conditions, including epilepsy, catalepsy and mania, which he attributed to masturbation.
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To this day, villagers around places like Minya el Qamh, 30 miles northeast of Cairo, believe that a woman will pursue sex as aggressively as a man if she has not undergone a clitoridectomy.
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In a study in northern Sudan, published in 1983, only 17.4 percent of women opposed FGM ( 558 out of 3, 210 ), and most preferred excision and infibulation over clitoridectomy.
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However, during 1866, Baker Brown began to receive negative feedback from within the medical profession from doctors who opposed the use of clitoridectomies and questioned the validity of Baker Brown's claims of success.
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This decade has seen one new landmark after another : the Family and Medical Leave Act; a feminist sitting on the Supreme Court; a woman in charge of American foreign policies that now include opposition to clitoridectomy.
