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Word: clitorises (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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When I was a girl of ten, I was told to be brave and not to cry, that I'd be a big girl after the ordeal. But when I saw the half-blind old woman with her razor, I bolted. My mother and aunts held me down and spread...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: A Ritual Of Danger | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

There are three degrees of the procedure: sunna (traditional), which involves cutting off the tip of the clitoris; excision, the removal of the clitoris and the labia minora; and infibulation, the removal of the clitoris, the labia minora and labia majora. With infibulation, the pubic area is stitched up after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Africa: A Ritual Of Danger | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

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