From: "Gary Wiltshire" 

On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 19:07:34 -0400, Dave  wrote:

> On Tue, 12 Jul 2005 14:56:11 -0400, "Gary Wiltshire"

> wrote in message :
>
> | Nope.  Not required by Judaism and "female circumcision"
as practiced
> in
> | places like Africa is far more radical than the male "equivalent,"
> | involving removal of the clitoris more often than not.
>
> Generalizations about female genital mutillation are seldom accurate,
> because there are so many different variations and combinations of
> practices from region to region.
>
> None of the involve the complete removal of the clitoris, because like
> the penis, the clitoris is a structure that extends far back into the
> abdomen.  Many do remove the entire visible part of it though.
>

I.e., the part that works.  I stand by what I said.  "Female
circumcistion" is far more radical than the male variety.

--
Gary Wiltshire

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