Male and Female Circumcision

We have previously looked at the similar attitudes and misconceptions around the globe surrounding female genital cutting (FGC) and male genital cutting (MGC).

We have taken a visual glance at the basic human response to genital cutting by little ones who are forced to endure the assault of FGC or MGC.

We have listened to the culture-imposed myths surrounding FGC in Africa and hear how similar they are to the culture-imposed myths surrounding MGC in the United States.

We have reviewed a very brief history of female genital cutting in the United States - a procedure recommended by renowned medical journals through the 1960s, and one which was only recently banned under federal law on March 30, 1997.

We have examined this federal ban on any and all forms of FGM (female genital mutilation), as well as the proposed MGM (male genital mutilation) Bill, which calls for males to have the same basic protection under federal law as females currently have in the United States.

We have recognized that the federal female genital cutting laws, in combination with the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, render the unnecessary genital cutting of minor male babies and children illegal as well. Boys born after March 30, 1997, will have an easier time suing and winning against those who cut or amputated parts of their genitals when they were minors and unable to defend themselves. Beginning on March 30th, 2015, these boys will turn 18 years of age (legal adults able to press charges in the U.S. court system), and have attorneys specializing in human rights ready and willing to support them, should they elect to take legal action in what was done to them.

Section 1 of the Constitutional Amendment XIV reads (bold mine):





In this video, Freedom of Speech discusses the various forms of FGC and MGC, and highlights the fact that sex-based discrimination under law, or in argument, is both futile and illogical.

The most common forms of female and male genital cutting.


  1. Wait... so pricking, incising, and piercing a female's genitals are forms of genital mutilation, but a man's genitals aren't considered mutilated until you remove at least part of the foreskin? That makes the point pretty clearly.

  2. This is disgraceful in a nation like the U.S., dealing with this in other countries is complicated and much needed, but what about our own backyard? We are struggling to get people (and government) to open their eyes to what is just simple common sense. So ridiculous.

  3. Thank you very much, DRMOMMA, your power gives me hope for a better future for our children and their children. Your work is so important.

    Another (?) topic:

    Royal Courts of Justice
    Date: 14 January 2015




    أشمِّي ولا تنهكي
    ašimmī wa-lā tanhakī
    [Cut] slightly and do not overdo it

    اختفضن ولا تنهكن
    iḫtafiḍna wa-lā tanhikna
    Cut [slightly] without exaggeration


    s o u r c e s

    Inside a Female-Circumcision Ceremony. Photo: Stephanie Sinclair



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