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Health and social and cultural aspects of female circumcision
KORANDOVÁ, Vendula
This bachelor's work is concerned with female genital mutilation (FGM) issue, also known as female genital cutting or female circumcision. The work is theorethic, divided into ten chapters, which should help understanding the issue of FGM, as the theme has still been tabu and many people have only marginal information about it. The introduction of the work is focused on the meaning of FGM, on its history and the reasons of performing this tradition. It also concerns with Islam and its association with FGM. It is thought, that this religion supports or even orders the procedure, that's why it's important to correct this belief. Althought we can find some relations between the religion and FGM, the reasons for performing this procedure are mostly hygienic, aesthetical, social or other. FGM has harmful consequences on both physical and psychological women's health. Many girls and women die right at the procedure and a lot of surviving ones have numerous complications during pregnancy or childbirth, but mostly at conception. Unfortunately, conception and the whole sexual life may become very painful for the women and may be accompanied by many psychological disorders. With regard to pain, I tried to outline and compare male circumcision and FGM. There are many organizations around the world fighting against FGM, trying to eradicate it. Many organizations try (at least) to improve conditions, in which the procedure is carried out, e.g. to ensure certain hygienic conditions for the procedure, or to ensure the practice and following care to be carried out by medically trained personnel. There is also detailed overview of the countries, in which FGM is carried out, despite it's banned by the law. In conclusion, midwife, who visited several of these countries and met more than one hundred circumcised women, gives her point of view on the problem.
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