Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)

Female Genital Mutilation and Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery

Authors
Siren Chen1, *
1School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health, Durham University, Durham, UK
*Corresponding author. Email: 20143110@stu.nun.edu.cn
Corresponding Author
Siren Chen
Available Online 17 January 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.106How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Female Genital Mutilation; Female Genital Cosmetic Surgery; Medical Ethnics
Abstract

There are more than 130 million females worldwide who have been suffered from female genital mutilation. This kind of practice could lead to severe health consequences and became health and human rights issues which gradually spread to western countries because of the migration of population. This article reviews the policies and attitudes of female genital mutilation in the western world. It compares them with female genital cosmetic surgery and finds that even though there are similarities in purpose and operation forms between these two practices, the statement about female genital mutilation and female genital cosmetic surgery differs greatly. For example, female genital surgery was seen as human rights abuse and harmed females’ health. On the contrary, female genital cosmetic surgery was considered a safe surgical treatment that could improve their quality of life. It was regarded as self-esteem and a sense of empowerment among the female population. Although it seems that no data reflects that female genital cosmetic surgery might or has already been carried out for cultural or religious reasons, it is strongly publicized as what women do out of their own will and pleasure.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2021 International Conference on Social Development and Media Communication (SDMC 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
17 January 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-512-1
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220105.106How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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