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This article has previously been nominated to be moved. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination. Logs and discussions: Move logs: Female genital mutilation Female genital cutting Female circumcision Female Genital Cutting Female Circumcision Discussions: Female genital cutting → Female Genital Mutilation, No move, 12 November 2006 Female genital cutting → Female circumcision , no consensus, 31 July 2008 Female genital cutting → Female genital mutilation, Moved, 29 July 2011 Female genital mutilation → Female genital cutting, No consensus to move, 10 November 2011 Female genital mutilation → Female genital modification and mutilation, Not moved, 29 May 2013

No valid source for “this is rarely performed alone”

Under “types” it is stated that type Ia FGM is rarely performed alone, that is to say, it is typically performed congruently with type Ib. However, neither of the supposed sources provided corroborate this claim. Eliek1996 (talk) 01:24, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Note [f] includes, "in very rare cases, only the prepuce" (prepuce = clitoral hood) and "this form appears to be relatively rare" and "Almost all known forms of female genital mutilation that remove tissue from the clitoris also cut all or part of the clitoral glans itself". That supports the claim. Johnuniq (talk) 05:08, 1 April 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Add A Fact: "1 in 3 girls undergo FGM in 31 countries"

I found a fact that might belong in this article. See the quote below

1 in 3 girls aged 15-19 living in 31 countries have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM)

The fact comes from the following source:

https://data.unicef.org/topic/gender/fgm/

Additional comments from user: While the exact number of girls and women worldwide who have undergone FGM remains unknown, at least 200 million girls and women alive today have been cut in 31 countries with representative data on prevalence.

This post was generated using the Add A Fact browser extension.

Laiasolagonzalez (talk) 01:26, 11 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences source

According to The Wikipedia CiteWatch, the Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Sciences source used, Elduma, Adel Hussein (15 February 2018). "Female Genital Mutilation in Sudan", is not great due to questionable editorial standards by the time of the works publication. Should the source be removed/replaced? Zinderboff (talk) 17:56, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yes. Doug Weller talk 18:28, 14 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Removed. Zinderboff (talk) 00:18, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. Doug Weller talk 08:38, 16 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request on 24 April 2025

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Change "The Skoptsy Christian sect in Europe practices FGM as part of redemption..." to "The Skoptsy Christian sect in Europe practiced FGM as part of redemption" -this group no longer exists and should be referred to in the past tense. Oot1999 (talk) 21:42, 24 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

What the linked article says is that the sect had almost certainly died out by the 1970s, so I made the edit requested. Thanks Pincrete (talk) 03:51, 25 April 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Is circumcision mandated by Judaism

Man-Man122 and GlowingLava, a minor edit war has been happening as to whether most/all branches of Judaism require males to be circumcised. I have no idea on this one, but point out that the used source doesn't actually quite say that Judaism requires this, it simply says that circumcision is practiced in Judaism and that the Talmud and other texts specify it as mandatory, which isn't quite the same as saying that it is universally practised throughout Judaism.

As I said, I've no idea of the truth of this one, but have presumed that some modern branches of Judaism don't require it. The answer I think is not for us to edit war, but for a source to be found saying that, while customary, not all branches specifically require circumcision, or to leave the text as is. Pincrete (talk) 03:43, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

At the most practical level, the answer is yes. I personally believe that that the text ought to be left as is. This is a user who has tried several times to add similar texts, without sources, to pages about Judaism and Islam. Man-Man122 (talk) 15:46, 12 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

You're right, a better edit with quality sources makes more sense than digging my heels in just because I know something to be incorrect. I did more learning and tried to improve the edit. GlowingLava (talk) 08:42, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Err, if some do it, how can none allow it? Slatersteven (talk) 10:08, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The question is whether all branches of Judaism require it. Pincrete (talk) 11:33, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The edit said "but no branches of Judaism allow FGM.", which is clearly not the case. Slatersteven (talk) 11:39, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The long-term stable text is that no branches of Judaism allow FGM (sometimes aka female circumcision). I don't think anyone disputes that. What is disputed here now is whether all branches of Judaism require male circumcision, which is anyway fairly tangential to this article. Pincrete (talk) 12:03, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

THat has no place here. Slatersteven (talk) 14:44, 18 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Woah, a tiny amount of character development. Man-Man122 (talk) 22:49, 20 September 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Semi-protected edit request 6 December 2025

I would like to suggest a typo-fix under HISTORY -> RED-SEA SLAVE TRADE:

Original: "Research has indicated that linkes between the Red Sea slave trade and female genital mutilation"

Suggestion: "Research has indicated there are links between the Red Sea slave trade and female genital mutilation"

Suggestion2: "Research has indicated that female genital mutilation and the Red Sea slave trade are linked." Apraxilalia (talk) 01:32, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks. For the record, that was added in September 2023. Some other wording in the text was also a bit off and I made some adjustments at Female genital mutilation#Red Sea slave trade. Johnuniq (talk) 03:43, 6 December 2025 (UTC)[reply]