Rodriguez/Briggs analysis paper History Essay Research

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History of Female Circumcision and Clitoridectomy
Introduction
Female circumcision is a practice that has been around since the early eighteenth century and up to the late twentieth centuries when Doctors started to warn people against it due to its dangerous effects. Despite numerous warnings from medical personnel, the trend has still been there especially in most African countries whereby people in villages still consider it a cultural practice. Below are discussions on how clitoridectomy practices affect the female species especially in regards to sexual stimulation.
Synthesis
Clitoridectomy is the process by which a woman is goes through surgery whereby her clitoris is removed. This is mainly performed on females with aggressive sexual desires and masturbation issues. An example of a case is in 1896 whereby a Brooklyn doctor by the name John O Polack studied a case of a female Lizzie B who until her 19th birthday was in perfectly good health. But in her twenties she started displaying abnormal traits whereby she was addicted to masturbating. The report by doctor Polack notes that “Lizzie would sit alone for hours masturbating the case was so serious that she would masturbate in the presence of friends and relatives”(Rodriguez,339).
After performing a successful surgery on Lizzie, she remains the only woman whose case was published in an American public journal. Since the report was launched, clitoridectomy has become a large practice in the U.S and other parts of the world and has proven to be effective in terms of dealing with females with the abnormal sexual desires. Although cli...