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JI7

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50. the girls are usually minors

Fri Sep 26, 2014, 01:08 AM

Sep 2014

they sometimes don't even know what is happening until it starts.

i'm speaking reality of what happens. and reality is their own family including mothers and fathers often want it done to them and do it to them. and they are usually young .

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The First Female Genital Mutilation Clinic for Girls Opens in UK [View all] Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 OP

OK. That title really had me thinking the clinic had the opposite purpose. nt Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #1

Me too. I had to read the article to get the point of the clinic. Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #3

Really. Because the UK, a modern western country is ALL about facilitating FGM. (snort) Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #35

What kind of dickish reply is that? I'm somehow degrading women because for a fraction of a moment Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #55

OK, WTF? smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #2

Seems the purpose is to provide care to those have already been FGMed Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #4

It seems like its purpose is both to help victims and educate to put an Guy Whitey Corngood Sep 2014 #5

Yes, a very bad title. smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #8

Are you also confused about HIV clinics? Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #12

Really? Kinda snarky. yeoman6987 Sep 2014 #30

That is about the most horribly worded headline I have ever seen. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #6

yes but if a clinic is named "The TB clinic" everyone would assume its purpose to treat TB Liberal_in_LA Sep 2014 #7

Yeah but this is the first of it's kind.. SomethingFishy Sep 2014 #9

As were the first HIV clinics. Nobody confused them with wanting to give people HIV. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #13

because FGM is done to females on purpose by those close to them , HIV isn't treated the same way JI7 Sep 2014 #15

Many cities have rape treatment clinics, Would you assume that these clinics are there to Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #17

no, because rape is not treated as the same as FGM by those close to them, the thing with FGM JI7 Sep 2014 #19

Really. It's considered positive in the UK? Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #24

yes, among certain immigrant communities JI7 Sep 2014 #26

Are you really going to advance the notion that the UK would allow this. Really. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #27

no, i never said the UK would allow it JI7 Sep 2014 #28

One would assume the UK with a strong history of being anti-child rape Nuclear Unicorn Sep 2014 #56

Immigrant communities? Like the Irish? AngryAmish Sep 2014 #60

In some communities that would be a YES leftynyc Sep 2014 #61

No, because, for one, the word "treatment" is in there. Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #52

TB and HIV are diseases-- they are not medical procedures Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #18

First dog fighting clinic opens in the UK. Yep the first thing that would pop into my head is it is Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #22

A clinic is a place for medical procedures Art_from_Ark Sep 2014 #40

So then, a Pain Clinic is where one goes ... to get ... what ... ? Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #44

In the western world (i.e., the UK, THE UK, mentioned in the subject line) an FGM clinic would be Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #48

FGM is not a medical procedure. You understand this, Yes? Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #43

Exactly. Clinics treat people. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #10

and a "fertility clinic" is for those who are IN-fertile. KittyWampus Sep 2014 #36

Really. What would be your alternative title to an HIV clinic. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #11

The difference is that nobody wants HIV, Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #16

You honestly believe the the UK, THE UK, a modern western nation with a strong FEMINIST Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #20

one might think it's a clinic which claims to do one thing but actually does FGM JI7 Sep 2014 #21

One might think that if one lives in Egypt. But the OP clearly states the UK. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #23

yes, and immigrant communities in the UK and elsewhere where it's banned still do it JI7 Sep 2014 #25

In order for your argument to hold water, you would also have to believe the UK would allow such a Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #32

i didn't say the UK would allow it , i know that immigrant communities in the UK and elsewhere JI7 Sep 2014 #37

No, of course I wouldn't believe that. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #31

Any person who sees the UK in the title and would jump to that conclusion is a misogynist. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #33

Or they could be deeply ignorant. Nye Bevan Sep 2014 #34

Apparently there are many DUers who don't know what "UK' stands for. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #39

anyone who makes broad generalizations about who is or is not a misogynist, especially based on KittyWampus Sep 2014 #38

Consider this: NYC Opens Female Genital Mutilation Clinic Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #41

Thank YOU! smirkymonkey Sep 2014 #51

yeah this whole subthread bobduca Sep 2014 #57

And yet the responses by many here kiva Sep 2014 #59

Nobody wants FGM either. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #45

there ARE people who want it for their daughters including people in places like the UK JI7 Sep 2014 #47

ask the daughter if she wants it. done here. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #49

the girls are usually minors JI7 Sep 2014 #50

If nobody wanted it leftynyc Sep 2014 #62

what part of done here do you not understand? I am done here. capiche and peace out. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #63

But you're wrong leftynyc Sep 2014 #64

Because yes, female genital mutilations is what we do and open clinics for in the west. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #14

I am saddened that this is needed, ZombieHorde Sep 2014 #29

Me too. Luminous Animal Sep 2014 #42

Me three. Tuesday Afternoon Sep 2014 #46

Chalk me up as another who supports the idea but thinks the wording is bad. NT Warren DeMontague Sep 2014 #53

Now let's start prosecuting the persons of dubious ancestry who enable this crime intaglio Sep 2014 #54

I hope more clinics are opened TexasMommaWithAHat Sep 2014 #58