Virility, pleasure and female genital mutilation/cutting. A qualitative study of perceptions and experiences of medicalized defibulation among Somali and Sudanese migrants in Norway

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• 作者：R. Elise B. Johansen
• 关键词：Infibulation ; Defibulation ; Migration ; Change ; Female genital mutilation/cutting
• 刊名：Reproductive Health
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：December 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：14
• 期：1
• 全文大小：443KB
• 刊物主题：Reproductive Medicine; Public Health; Maternal and Child Health;
• 出版者：BioMed Central
• ISSN：1742-4755
• 卷排序：14

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BackgroundThe most pervasive form of female genital mutilation/cutting—infibulation—involves the almost complete closure of the vaginal orifice by cutting and closing the labia to create a skin seal. A small opening remains for the passage of urine and menstrual blood. This physical closure has to be re-opened—defibulated—later in life. When they marry, a partial opening is made to enable sexual intercourse. The husband commonly uses his penis to create this opening. In some settings, a circumciser or traditional midwife opens the infibulated scar with a knife or razor blade. Later, during childbirth, a further opening is necessary to make room for the child’s passage. In Norway, public health services provide surgical defibulation, which is less risky and painful than traditional forms of defibulation.