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...culturally sanctioned violence involving women and girls, including genital mutilation, forced prostitution and ritual starvation, all of which are practiced by countries that receive huge amounts of aid. At the same time, we must begin to take gender violence seriously right here at home. It is ironic that the Bobbitt saga -- which involved the amputation of one man's penis -- resulted in massive media publicity, while every year millions of little girls suffer genital mutilation in silence...
When Lorena Bobbitt cut off her husband's penis last June, the story made headlines around the world. But the impulse is hardly Bobbitt's alone. Indeed, women have cut off penises in countries where there may not even be a market for TV movies on the subject...
...LORENA BOBBITT...
...Atilla the Hun, Ghengis Khan, Tricky Dick, Lorena Bobbitt. No longer the victim, she's now the perpetrator...
Even by New Orleans' lusty standards for revelry, last week's finale to weeks of Mardi Gras merrymaking was an epic blowout. There were John Bobbitt mimics, a Tonya Harding on roller skates with a baseball bat, and vendors peddling condom keychains. The 10-hour parade was viewed by 1 million revelers who overflowed hotels and French Quarter restaurants. As grateful merchants totted up the $10 million infusion, swelled for the first time by a riverboat casino, tourist-commission spokeswoman Beverly Gianna pronounced it "a grand and glorious party...