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Today I want to ask you a question. Would you agree with the following statement: "Removing the foreskin is a mutilation." Now please consider how you would react if we were in a room and I would ask for your hand signal.
The Australian Supreme Court confirmed this sentence in fall 2019. It was about the so-called "less invasive medicalized forms of female genital mutilation". The cutting of the female foreskin, the clitoral hood was meant. Defenders of these practices had appealed a judgment against them. They said they had not done any mutilation because only the clitoral hood had been manipulated. Medical reports had also confirmed this. The Australian High Court disagreed. Here is a report about it. You can find it on the internet. It was explained that it was a mutilation because the foreskin of the [[clitoris ]] was part of the [[clitoris]]. And that justifies the term "mutilation".
If you like, please consider now if your hand signal would have been different if you have had this information before, that we were talking about the clitoral foreskin. And if that is the case, it may be a sign that gender stereotypes and cultural influence affect us in our assessments. In cultural areas different from your own it might have been different again. Because cultural influences are very different.