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After Cutting Little Girls' Clitorises, Ivy League Doctor Tests Handiwork With a Vibrator

Daniela Perdomo, AlterNet. June 18, 2010.

Scandal explodes over doctor's 'clitoroplasty.'

Why Are U.S. Doctors Allowing Female Genital Mutilation?

Lakshmi Anantnarayan, Comment Is Free. May 11, 2010.

The American Academy of Pediatrics has issued an outrageous new policy on female genital mutilation, endorsing 'nicking' female genitalia as a cultural compromise.

The Unkindest Cut

Jill Dudones, Ms. Magazine. March 29, 2007.

Although it is illegal in many countries, female genital mutilation persists in the Global North, too -- even the United States.

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