freedom0f5peech's video: Female Circumcision in America: Part 1

A two part video on America's history of female circumcision. HERE'S PART TWO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zV7zAIrvrIQ To see a more recent (2010) report of medicalized female circumcision in America, check out this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AY6_22Kztuc ------------------------------- You can download copies of these papers for yourself here: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=AEE37728 ------------------------------- Thanks to Sam-Of-Gallifrey for additional images: http://www.youtube.com/soula27 ------------------------------- REFERENCES: Plain facts for young and old: Embracing the natural history of hygiene and organic life J.H. Kellogg 2nd edition, Burlington (Iowa), 1888 Replies to the remarks of the Council Medical Times and Gazette 13 April 1867, p. 391 "Clitoridectomy" (Editorial) Medical Record, Vol 2, 1867 Is evolution trying to do away with the clitoris? Robert Tuttle Morris, M.D. American Association of OB/GYNs, Vol. 5, 1892 Circumcision of Girls T. Scott McFarland, M.D. Journal of Orificial Surgery, Vol. 7, p. 32-33, July 1898 Circumcision in the Female Benjamin E. Dawson, A.M., M.D American Journal of Clinical Medicine, vol. 22, no. 6, p. 520-523, June 1915 Why not circumcise the girl as well as the boy? Belle C. Eskridge, M.D. Texas State Journal of Medicine, Vol. 14, p. 17-19, May 1918 Circumcision of the Female C. F. Mc Donald, M.D. General Practioner, Vol XVIII, Sep. 1958 Female Circumcision, Indications and a New Technique W. G. Rathmann, M.D. General Practioner, September 1959 -------------------------------