Articles that met the inclusion criteria were rated for quality using the SIGN system. Database searches identified 29 publications with original data for inclusion, including 22 for aim i and 4 of these and 7 others pertaining to aim ii. In the overwhelming majority of studies, women expressed a preference for the circumcised penis. The main reasons given for this preference were better appearance, better hygiene, reduced risk of infection, and enhanced sexual activity, including vaginal intercourse, manual stimulation, and fellatio.

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Although some consider it a human rights infringement, others view it as an integral part of cultures in which it remained unchallenged for centuries. There are significant medical sequelae and public health ramifications of female circumcision; therefore most U. However, although there is ample media and political attention to this volatile issue, there is a relative dearth of practical, clinical information available to providers who care for circumcised women and their families. As African communities and advocates grapple with how to stop this practice, circumcised women need clinicians familiar with these surgeries, who will move beyond negative feelings they may have about the practice in order to treat women knowledgeably and with dignity. It is important to distinguish respect from unreflective acceptance. However, blanket condemnation by health workers will not help families decide how to break a long-standing tradition by choosing not to circumcise their daughters. On the contrary, by unwittingly conveying revulsion toward circumcised women and children, providers may drive these families away from the health care they need. Our objective is to understand and address the conflicts that occur when clinicians provide care to patients whose beliefs and practices differ from their own.
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I'd never heard of FGM [ female genital mutilation ] before it happened to me. Then one morning, when I was 14 years old, my uncle came and woke me up and took me to the house of a tall woman I didn't know. Together, they tied my hands and blindfolded my eyes. Then they laid me in the backyard with big banana leaves spread out on the ground. They took off my pants. I was fighting, but the woman sat on my chest.
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