Yusupha, Thanks for your analysis and difference between men and women sex organs. I realize that this is a sensitive subject, nevertheless, we need to talk about it and really educate ourselves. Folks, ignorance is the worst kind of poverty. Such practices was wrong then, and more wrong today. There is no justification for such practices on women. Morally, it is wrong, intellectually it is disturbing and spiritually there is no place for it. This is simply a case of abuse in my opinion. Love for the most part is based on feelings and if she can't feel me then there is a problem. problem.At 11:47 AM 10/12/2000 -0400, you wrote: ><<opposition to this practice for the simple reason that it is performed >outside the realm of modern medical facilities and not for anything else. > > >Hinder: > >By the above statement, it is painfully obvious that you have completely >missed the point of this debate. Female circumcision is opposed simply >because it involves "mutilating" a "vital" part of the female anatomy. I >will leave you to figure out what this "vital" part of the anatomy is? > >I would like to emphatically state that comparing male circumcision to >female circumcision is like comparing apples and oranges. Male >circumcision involves removing a useless piece of foreskin from the penis. > >Female circumcision, on the other hand, is performed to humble, subjugate >and dominate a woman by removing her ability to derive sexual pleaure >where it counts the most. This is akin to having someone lose one of >their basic senses. (Touch, smell etc) > >We simply have no place for such practices in today's world. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L >Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html >You may also send subscription requests to >[log in to unmask] >if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write >your full name and e-mail address. >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Paul M. Ceesay Laboratory Storekeeper University of Missouri-KC Spencer Chemistry Bld. 5009 Rockhill Rd. Kansas City, MO 64110 phone# (816)235-1665 fax# (816)235-1665 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask] if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------