Still haven't done the homework.....or looked at the references (time) Some of us, especially moi-meme do not feel accused by the saying Where ignorance is bliss, tis folly to be wise. It takes time acquiring the ilm so that we even as men, know what are talking about: http://www.csd.gm/Social%20Research/SITAN%202000%20Report/SITAN%202000%20Report.pdf FGM and the Swiss Health Care System. http://pages.unibas.ch/diss/2003/DissB_6516.pdf A dissertation bibliography on the subject.. http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~lavie/fgm/bibliography.htm http://sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu/ejab/4/preface.html From 1991: http://www.doj.ca/en/ps/rs/rep/1995/wd95-15a.pdf Some African viewpoints on FGM: http://www.africa.upenn.edu/Newsletters/afstd_1296.html FGM in the Gambia: http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rls=GGLJ%2CGGLJ%3A2006-46%2CGGLJ%3Aen-GB&q=fgm+in+the+gambia&btnG=Search&meta= . €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€ To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://listserv.icors.org/archives/gambia-l.html To Search in the Gambia-L archives, go to: http://listserv.icors.org/SCRIPTS/WA-ICORS.EXE?S1=gambia-l To contact the List Management, please send an e-mail to: [log in to unmask] €€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€