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Female genital mutilation in the West: traditional circumcision versus genital cosmetic surgery

Birgitta Essén Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital MAS, Lund University, Malmö
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Sara Johnsdotter Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital MAS, Lund University, Malmö
Pages 611-613 | Published online: 06 Apr 2010

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Dina Bader. (2019) Picturing female circumcision and female genital cosmetic surgery: a visual framing analysis of Swiss newspapers, 1983–2015. Feminist Media Studies 19:8, pages 1159-1177.
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Ruth Gaffney-Rhys. (2017) From the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 to the Serious Crime Act 2015 - the development of the law relating to female genital mutilation in England and Wales. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 39:4, pages 417-434.
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Abdi A Gele, Bernadette Kumar, Karin Harsløf Hjelde & Johanne Sundby. (2012) Attitudes toward female circumcision among Somali immigrants in Oslo: a qualitative study. International Journal of Women's Health 4, pages 7-17.
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Birgitta Essén, Anna Blomkvist, Lotti Helström & Sara Johnsdotter. (2010) The experience and responses of Swedish health professionals to patients requesting virginity restoration (hymen repair). Reproductive Health Matters 18:35, pages 38-46.
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Sara Johnsdotter & Birgitta Essén. (2010) Genitals and ethnicity: the politics of genital modifications. Reproductive Health Matters 18:35, pages 29-37.
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Virginia Braun. (2009) ‘THE WOMEN ARE DOING IT FOR THEMSELVES’. Australian Feminist Studies 24:60, pages 233-249.
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K. Marieke Paarlberg & Philomeen TH. M. Weijenborg. (2008) Request for operative reduction of the labia minora; a proposal for a practical guideline for gynecologists. Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology 29:4, pages 230-234.
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Fiona J. Green. (2005) From clitoridectomies to ‘designer vaginas’: The medical construction of heteronormative female bodies and sexuality through female genital cutting. Sexualities, Evolution & Gender 7:2, pages 153-187.
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