According to a PhD student at Makerere, the elongation of the labia majora and minora was chiefly to raise barricades for rapists In other societies, the larger elongated lips are known to make sex ...

Male circumcision, the focus of my previous post (Rites of Circumcision, posted October 10, 2018), although not universal, occurs widely. Female genital mutilation (FGM)— also called genital cutting ...

The number of women and girls at risk of FGM is rising in the U.S. — -- When “Sarah” first told her story, she did not want to show her face or give her real name. The American-born woman ...