"mutilation" is an acceptable word in written English.
It is used to describe the act of an intentional or unintentional damage to the body of a person or animal, usually resulting in a disfigurement. For example, "The victims of the attack suffered severe physical mutilation."
To apply this sort of law in Senegal, goes this argument, would be quite different to doing so in France, where on February 2nd a trial began against Hawa Gréou, a Malian, for mutilating girls of Malian origin there.The debate about female genital mutilation, like polygamy and witchcraft, is highly charged.
Iriscepero wrote: "[I am voting for] Waris Dirie for her work concerning female genital mutilation.
But according to research, FGM still has high support in areas with a lower standard of education, where proponents claim mutilation makes women less likely to commit adultery.
Last week's report by HM Inspector of Constabulary (HMIC), the police inspectorate, on the inconsistency of approach to rape allegations across different regional police forces, the recent drop in the number of prosecutions for rape and domestic violence, and the fact that there has not been a single prosecution for female genital mutilation (FGM) only add to the concern.
Previous hostages who have escaped the sect have spoken of rape and mutilation, and some are so traumatised they no longer remember their own names.
Some female genital mutilation involves sewing up the vagina to leave a small hole and childbirth causes considerable bleeding that requires rapid repair.
On the other were NGO workers who complained that I had failed to mention female genital mutilation and maternal mortality, in their view central features of the African sexual experience.
Audience members fainting at scenes of rape, mutilation and murder at Shakespeare's Globe during its current production of Titus Andronicus offer a reassuring reminder of the power of physical aggression in the theatre.
The same explanation sustains female genital mutilation (FGM).
A doctor will stand trial for the first time in Egypt on charges of female genital mutilation, after a 13-year-old girl died following an alleged operation in his clinic last year.
