United Nations Announces Global Ban on Female Genital Mutilation
The United Nations General Assembly's human rights committee unanimously voted to enact a global ban against female…
Vibrators and Clitoridectomies: How Victorian Doctors Took Control of Women’s Orgasms
Given over a century's worth of pleasure that followed its invention, history may easily forget that development of the…
Senegal Moves Toward Ending Female Circumcision
For years human rights organizations have been working to put an end to the tradition of cutting off a girl's clitoris,…
San Francisco Could Ban Male Circumcision
San Francisco's municipal ballot this year may include a measure to ban the circumcision of baby boys. Considering some…
Cornell Surgeon Used Vibrator To Stimulate 6-Year-Olds
Alice Dreger and Ellen K. Feder from Bioethics Forum have unearthed a 2007 study in which a doctor from Cornell…
Circumcision And Abortion: The Case For Body Autonomy
Comparing male circumcision to abortion may seem like a stretch, but Freddie at L'Hote actually has a pretty decent…
'Beast' Of Burden: Mother Discusses Daughters Who Died Of FGM
When Senegalese activist Marietou Diarra began to tell the story of the two daughters she lost to genital mutilation,…
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Nigeriens, Iraqis Denounce Female Genital Mutilation
Promising news in the campaign against female genital mutilation: 10 villages in Niger have publicly denounced the…
"How Long Do I Have To Wait To Have Sex After An Abortion?"
It's time for another installment of Pot Psychology, the biweekly "advice" column in which we attempt to solve…
A.G. Mukasey Rights One Of Many Wrongs Done To Victim Of FGM
Attorney General Michael Mukasey, after getting pressure from Congress, has reversed a decision by the Board of…
Anti-Circumcision Movement Gains Ground In Egypt • Vaginal Infection Linked To HIV
A grass-roots movement against female circumcision in Egypt (where 96% of married women are circumcised) is gaining…
The Tasaru Girls Rescue Center offers a refuge for girls who want to escape a destiny of female circumcision. The Christ…
Still Down From Last Night's Top Model? Adopt A Clitoris!
So... "female genital mutilation." Sorta hard to type the words without getting weak in the lungs! (Especially with the…
You Wanna Be On Top
There's a whole new dimension added to this upcoming cycle of America's Next Top Model—genital mutilation. According to …
Clitoral Circumcision Will Make This Baby "More Beautiful In The Eyes Of Her Husband"
"When a girl is taken — usually by her mother — to a free circumcision event held each spring in Bandung, Indonesia,…
Scary Form of Crotch Rot Makes a Comeback
- The STD of yore, syphilis, is back, baby, and on the rise in New York City! This obviously has nothing to do with Zach…
Cindy Crawford Will Outlive, Out-Age Us All
- Scientists studying over 900 sets of female twins claim that people with moles are "younger biologically" and could be…
Ann Coulter Finally Explains What's Behind That Adam's Apple
- Ann Coulter refers to self in third-person, suggests she may own a pair of testicles. [Radar]