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'''Child Genital Cutting ''' (CGC) is a collective term for [[FGM|female genital mutilation/cutting]], [[MGM|male genital mutilation/cutting]], and [[IGM|intersex gender-norming surgery]].
The term “child genital cutting” refers to involuntary surgery undertaken to modify the genitalia of a child by any adult from birth to age 18. This term is used to avoid euphemisms like “circumcision“[[circumcision]]",” vague terms like “procedure“procedure”,” and inflammatory terms like “mutilation“mutilation”.”
It is the term most preferred by [[Intact America]].
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