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}}</ref><ref name="Eskridge1918">{{Eskridge1918}}</ref><ref name="McDonald1958">{{REFjournal |last=McDonald |init=CF |title=Circumcision of the female |journal=General Practitioner |date=1958-09 |volume=18 |issue=3 |pages=98-99McDonald1958}}</ref><ref name="Rathmann1959">{{Rathmann1959}}</ref>
[[FGC]] was even covered by Blue Cross Blue Shield until 1977. Nowadays, many forms of [[FGC]] are now considered forms of female genital mutilation ([[FGM]]), which are banned in all western countries.
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* 1958 [[C. Christine F. McDonald]] says "the same reasons that apply for the circumcision of males are generally valid when considered for the female."<ref name="McDonald1958"/>
* 1959 [[W. G. Rathmann]] finds that among the many benefits of female circumcision is that it will '''make the clitoris easier for the husband to find'''.<ref name="Rathmann1959"/>