Infibulazione
Il 6 febbraio era la Giornata mondiale contro le mutilazioni femminili . 8000 bambine, ogni giorno , subiscono l'infibulazione, la mutilazione chirurgica degli organi sessuali.
Spesso queste operazioni sono effettuate in condizioni sanitarie spaventose, con strumenti rudimentali - «senza anestesia, con coltelli, lame di rasoio, vetri rotti o forbici» - e per mano di personale non esperto; il risultato è, in molti casi, un gravissimo danno per la salute della bambina, con drammatici problemi per la sua vita sessuale e pericoli ancor maggiori in caso di parto.
Il problema non riguarda solo le bambine del Corno d'Africa, la zona dove questa pratica barbara ha origine, ma anche le immigrate nei paesi occidentali. Secondo Aldo Morrone , direttore dell' Istituto nazionale per la promozione della salute delle popolazioni migranti e per il against diseases of poverty (NIHMP), "In Italy, every year there are 2000-3000 children at risk of being infibulated 'since 1996, only in Rome, 10,000 women have used medical care due to complications .
a petition was initiated by the organization No Peace Without Justice , with the aim to reach a UN resolution against female circumcision by 2011. The address for the call sign is: http://www.noncepacesenzagiustizia.org/mgf/mgf/
Circumcision
A quanto mi risulta, non esiste una Giornata mondiale contro le mutilazioni maschili. Eppure una mutilazione rituale degli organi maschili esiste: è la circoncisione.
Si tratta di una pratica di matrice religiosa (a differenza dell'infibulazione, che ha basi culturali): è prevista infatti per i neonati ebrei di 8 giorni e per quelli musulmani di 6 anni.
Proprio l'enorme significato religioso di questa mutilazione sessuale operata su bambini è alla base della difficoltà not only to root, but even to criticize the practice.
Something is happening here too, though. In Germany the debate has begun about the possibility of prohibiting the circumcision of children under a criminal law that prohibits physical abuse.
According to the proponents of this view, circumcision is performed for non-medical reasons is a serious loss of physical integrity of the individual.
Obviously religious leaders have stepped forward to defend the practice of mutilation of children. According to a German rabbi, circumcision is the last bastion of Jewish identity, his Muslim counterpart agrees, saying that banning the Religious circumcision is a way of "restricting the religious freedom of Muslims." A third argument against the prohibition of circumcision that would prevent the execution in Germany would lead to the birth of a "medical tourism" in countries where this practice is not prohibited, and where medical conditions are often worse than those in Germany, according to the Supporters of this idea, the damage caused by these operations to children's health would outweigh the benefits caused by the prohibition.
two weights and two measures?
seems clear to me the enormous distance between the arguments against female circumcision and those in favor of circumcision. In the case of infibulation, the danger of "medical tourism" and the damage related to the loss of a cultural practice of mutilation that is part of a cultural identity issues are not considered important enough to argue that female circumcision is protected by law and vice versa, in the case of circumcision does not have no hesitation in supporting it.
It's not just a difference in specific gravity of the surgery: No, in fact, proposes the abolition of the Italian law that forbids female circumcision and change it with another one providing that the mutilation must be performed in hospitals. The idea of \u200b\u200ba serious sexual mutilation performed on girls is so absurd that no one comes forward to defend it. Not so in the case of circumcision. This not to mention the health consequences of circumcision practiced incorrectly.
Basically, then, the difference between the two cases is summarized in the reasons advanced exponent Muslim prohibition of circumcision would be a limitation of religious freedom.
In other words, this is a conflict between two rights: the right of parents to education (religious) of the children on the one hand, the right of children to physical integrity of the other.
If infibulation, we are fortunate because there is the religion of the middle, and the challenge of eradicating this barbaric practice ha un formidabile ostacolo in meno. Nel caso della circoncisione, invece, la religione si interpone ancora una volta, schierandosi dalla parte di rituali arcaici e maligni.
Fonti: Richard Wagner, « Blutiger Schnitt », Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , 6 febbraio 2011; Valeria Pini, « Infibulazione: in Italia si pratica, eccome. Sono a rischio migliaia di bimbe immigrate », laRepubblica.it , 5 febbraio 2011; Valentino Salvatore, « Germania, la stampa si interroga: “circoncisione è contro la legge?” », UAAR Ultimissime , 8 febbraio 2011.
Il 6 febbraio era la Giornata mondiale contro le mutilazioni femminili . 8000 bambine, ogni giorno , subiscono l'infibulazione, la mutilazione chirurgica degli organi sessuali.
Spesso queste operazioni sono effettuate in condizioni sanitarie spaventose, con strumenti rudimentali - «senza anestesia, con coltelli, lame di rasoio, vetri rotti o forbici» - e per mano di personale non esperto; il risultato è, in molti casi, un gravissimo danno per la salute della bambina, con drammatici problemi per la sua vita sessuale e pericoli ancor maggiori in caso di parto.
Il problema non riguarda solo le bambine del Corno d'Africa, la zona dove questa pratica barbara ha origine, ma anche le immigrate nei paesi occidentali. Secondo Aldo Morrone , direttore dell' Istituto nazionale per la promozione della salute delle popolazioni migranti e per il against diseases of poverty (NIHMP), "In Italy, every year there are 2000-3000 children at risk of being infibulated 'since 1996, only in Rome, 10,000 women have used medical care due to complications .
a petition was initiated by the organization No Peace Without Justice , with the aim to reach a UN resolution against female circumcision by 2011. The address for the call sign is: http://www.noncepacesenzagiustizia.org/mgf/mgf/
Circumcision
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| Senza anestesia: il «rituale arcaico» può diventare un «trauma fisico» (Reuters) |
Si tratta di una pratica di matrice religiosa (a differenza dell'infibulazione, che ha basi culturali): è prevista infatti per i neonati ebrei di 8 giorni e per quelli musulmani di 6 anni.
Proprio l'enorme significato religioso di questa mutilazione sessuale operata su bambini è alla base della difficoltà not only to root, but even to criticize the practice.
Something is happening here too, though. In Germany the debate has begun about the possibility of prohibiting the circumcision of children under a criminal law that prohibits physical abuse.
According to the proponents of this view, circumcision is performed for non-medical reasons is a serious loss of physical integrity of the individual.
Obviously religious leaders have stepped forward to defend the practice of mutilation of children. According to a German rabbi, circumcision is the last bastion of Jewish identity, his Muslim counterpart agrees, saying that banning the Religious circumcision is a way of "restricting the religious freedom of Muslims." A third argument against the prohibition of circumcision that would prevent the execution in Germany would lead to the birth of a "medical tourism" in countries where this practice is not prohibited, and where medical conditions are often worse than those in Germany, according to the Supporters of this idea, the damage caused by these operations to children's health would outweigh the benefits caused by the prohibition.
two weights and two measures?
seems clear to me the enormous distance between the arguments against female circumcision and those in favor of circumcision. In the case of infibulation, the danger of "medical tourism" and the damage related to the loss of a cultural practice of mutilation that is part of a cultural identity issues are not considered important enough to argue that female circumcision is protected by law and vice versa, in the case of circumcision does not have no hesitation in supporting it.
It's not just a difference in specific gravity of the surgery: No, in fact, proposes the abolition of the Italian law that forbids female circumcision and change it with another one providing that the mutilation must be performed in hospitals. The idea of \u200b\u200ba serious sexual mutilation performed on girls is so absurd that no one comes forward to defend it. Not so in the case of circumcision. This not to mention the health consequences of circumcision practiced incorrectly.
Basically, then, the difference between the two cases is summarized in the reasons advanced exponent Muslim prohibition of circumcision would be a limitation of religious freedom.
In other words, this is a conflict between two rights: the right of parents to education (religious) of the children on the one hand, the right of children to physical integrity of the other.
If infibulation, we are fortunate because there is the religion of the middle, and the challenge of eradicating this barbaric practice ha un formidabile ostacolo in meno. Nel caso della circoncisione, invece, la religione si interpone ancora una volta, schierandosi dalla parte di rituali arcaici e maligni.
Fonti: Richard Wagner, « Blutiger Schnitt », Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , 6 febbraio 2011; Valeria Pini, « Infibulazione: in Italia si pratica, eccome. Sono a rischio migliaia di bimbe immigrate », laRepubblica.it , 5 febbraio 2011; Valentino Salvatore, « Germania, la stampa si interroga: “circoncisione è contro la legge?” », UAAR Ultimissime , 8 febbraio 2011.
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