Do circumcised women enjoy sex?

2/7/2014

I can completely understand the reluctance of circumcised women to discuss their sexuality in the public arena and to strangers - why shouldn't they have the same rights to privacy and dignity enjoyed by uncircumcised women or western women who undergo female genital "cosmetic" surgeries? But, sexuality and pleasure are topics I have written and given talks about in order to debunk the sexual dysfunction myths. Here's a youtube video I was shown yesterday that pretty much sums up the latest scientfic evidence - which included both circumcised and uncircumcised women as a control group. While I don't know the person who has posted this - I am very familiar with the main sources of her data.

2 Comments

Mike

3/5/2014 08:18:15 am

A very disappointing lack of comments in reply to a very simple question to which the answers may be quite complex.

I write as an “outsider” with the personal experience that male circumcision is highly beneficial and that claims by the Anti-MGM activists of negative physical effects are total nonsense. I adopt a similar sceptical attitude to the claims of Anti-FGM activists, I see corresponding aesthetic and hygienic benefits in female circumcision, and I maintain an open mind as to the effects on sexual pleasure and quality of life in general.

Perhaps it is appropriate in this context to start to differentiate between the widely varying types of female circumcision – a factor almost completely ignored in the majority of activist discourse despite the usual introductory recital of the Type 1 to Type 4 definitions.

In order to maximise the “shock/horror” effect, Anti-FGM activists implicitly assert that all female circumcision is equivalent to the most radical form (typically practised in some East African and Arab countries), involving removal of the entire clitoris and its internal nerve structure, plus infibulation, all carried out under the most primitive non-medical conditions. It would seem that the objective of full clitoral excision is to completely inhibit orgasm.

Towards the other end of the scale, Fuambai’s own experience and researches relate primarily to a much less radical form (typical in some West African and other countries) in which the internal clitoral structure and its nerves (by far the larger part of the organ) remain intact. This seems often to preserve orgasmic capability during intercourse, while inhibiting simple masturbation.

These comments are a best effort to interpret many indirect sources of information, and are highly simplified in respect to the many detailed variations which exist.

As Fuambai has said, this is a topic which circumcised women are understandably reluctant to discuss, however the activist claims of universal sexual dysfunction can only be refuted by hard evidence based on real experience.

Associated questions to add complexity to any discussion are:
Is the achievement of orgasm a pre-requisite for sexual pleasure ?
Can anorgasmia be a positive factor in improving general quality of life ?

Over to you,ladies !

Zeinab

3/18/2014 08:43:52 am

Infibulation is seized upon by Western feminists who dislike the choices made by African and Middle Eastern women, it is in fact much less popular than other forms of circumcision. It is also in decline, whereas clitoridectomy (with or without excision of the labia minora) is enjoying growth.

If sewn too tightly, an infibulated girl can suffer many complications until she marries. This can be avoided by training practitioners not to leave too small an opening - not difficult!

My own experience (clitoridectomy) is that it does prevent orgasm, if properly performed. If only the tip is taken, orgasm remains possible through vaginal intercourse. Western women believe this is a terrible sacrifice, as they worship the male part that is the clitoris. Without it, women have for thousands of years enjoyed penetration as a pleasure in itself. This is in my view a more wholesome and sharing form of sexuality, infinitely more powerful than the shallow pleasures of the clitoris.

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