. A small opening is left to allow urine and menstrual blood to pass. A second operation is done later in life to reverse some of the damage. In some cultures, the woman is cut open by her husband on their wedding night with a double-edged dagger. She may be sewn up again if her husband leaves on a long trip. Then there is type four which is Unclassified this includes pricking, piercing or incising of the clitoris and/or labia; stretching of the clitoris and/or labia, or removal by burning of the clitoris and surrounding tissue.(Religious Tolerance.org)
             There are many reasons for people around the world to condemn the practice of FGM. Among those who oppose mutilation, it is seen as a method of reducing the sexual response of women in order to make them less likely to become sexually active before marriage or to seek an extra-marital affair after marriage. Obviously this doesn't strike the fancy of many feminists whose goal is stop the oppression of women internationally. Although some people see female circumcision in the same light as male circumcision, most people are not this ignorant. The truth is that even the Sunna operation, which is the least invasive, holds the equivalency of cutting off the head of the man's penis. Another argument of FGM is that it is forced onto the young girls which the operation is practiced. Usually the girls are so young that they have no way/or choice to give consent to this custom.
             Because of poverty and lack of medical facilities, female circumcision is usually done under unhygienic conditions. Anesthesia is rarely used, and the operation is not done by trained medical personnel. Razor blades, knives or scissors are usually the instruments used. Sometimes the circumcision is done in the privacy of one's own home; however, sometimes there are group circumcisions. These group circumcisions are usually done every three years with girls between the ages of five to eight. One of the most disturbi...