Last week I discussed male circumcision, and the positive and negative effects that come with the procedure. And while in the U.S. circumcision is normally done for religious or health purposes, normally men who are circumcised maintain sexual pleasure after the procedure.
Clitoridectomy, on the other hand, the surgical removal of the clitoris, often leaves women who have had the procedure without any chance for sexual pleasure. The medical procedure is often practiced in Africa, Indonesia, and the Middle East, as part of certain religious belief systems. In some cases, the procedure is to secure a girl’s virginity, and to reduce her sexual desires.
The results can be ghastly. Not only is sex not pleasurable for the women, but sex can be painful, and long-term bleeding, trouble urinating, as well as infection and death are not uncommon.
This is where Clitoraid.org steps in. The organization goal is to restore the mutilated clitorises of some of these female victims, in the hopes of allowing them to feel sexual gratification again.
From their website:
The goal of Clitoraid’s “Adopt a Clitoris” program is to create real, long lasting changes for women who have been forced to experience clitoral excision or genital mutilation against their will. To rebuild the female clitoris, a local anesthetic is applied so no pain is experienced when the surgeon uncovers the root of the original clitoris left after the excision. This root and tissues will become the new clitoris. The procedure takes 6 weeks for a woman to completely heal, with sexual pleasure and genetic normality being the end result.
To learn more about the organization and to donate to their wonderful cause, click here.
Men, imagine if your members were cut off intentionally so that you could never have sexual pleasure again? Awful, right? Same goes for you ladies. It’s a worthy cause. All it takes is $5 and you could help a woman feel like a woman again.
Source: Clitoraid.org
