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Male circumcision as a
religious rite
Only the Jewish and Islamic
faiths require this religious rite
that recalls Abrahams
willingness to sacrifice his son
to God. The sacrifice of the
male foreskin is a blood
covenant between the people of
these faiths and their God. This
rite is not a part of Christian
practice, although many
Christians choose circumcision
for cultural or health reasons.
Female circumcision
not the same at all
Female genital mutilation (FGM),
also called female circumcision,
is defined as the cutting or
partial/total removal of the
external female genitalia for
cultural, religious, or other nonmedical reasons. This procedure
is carried out on young girls,
from ages four to ten, depending
on the ethnic group. FGM
removes the tissues around the
vagina that allow women to have
pleasurable sexual feelings.