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! Clitoridectomy and [[Infibulation ]] in Africa
! Infant Male Circumcision in the United States
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| "An intact penis is a real turn-off. It's disgusting. It looks like the penis of an animal."
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|"Female circumcision protects the health of a woman. [[Infibulation ]] prevents the uterus from falling out [uterine prolapse]. It keeps her smelling so sweet that her husband will be pleased. If it is not done, she will stink and get worms in her vagina."
| "An intact penis causes urinary infections and penile cancer. It generates smegma and smegma stinks. A circumcised penis is more hygienic and oral sex with an intact penis is disgusting to women."
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=== Type III: infibulation [[Infibulation]] with excision ===
The WHO defines Type III FGM as narrowing of the vaginal orifice with creation of a covering seal by cutting and repositioning the labia minora and/or the labia majora, with or without excision of the clitoris ([[infibulation]])."<!-- <ref name="WHO-2006-10-02"/> --> It is the most extensive form of FGM, and accounts for about 10% of all FGM procedures described from Africa.<ref>{{REFweb
|date=June 2000
|accessdate=2008-01-23
}}</ref> [[Infibulation ]] is also known as "pharaonic circumcision".<ref>[http://www.worldvision.org/about_us.nsf/child/eNews_fgmfaq_030706?OpenDocument&lpos=main&lid=fgm_faq Frequently Asked Questions on Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)]</ref>
=== Type IV: other types ===