For those unfamiliar with these terms and practices, we'll be shedding light on what they entail, the regions where they are practised, the reasons behind this, and the severe long-term health ...

Because some amorous Frenchman was also a tattletale, Henri Littière, baker & husband, was last week haled before a black-gowned judge of the Paris Correctional Court. A student of medieval life, ...

The practice of FGM is painful, harmful and incredibly dangerous in any form, but the most severe and debilitating type – infibulation – is so shocking, it's difficult to even read about. I travelled ...

While FGC is common in Africa, the practice is illegal in many Western countries. Flickr/tlupic Female genital cutting (FGC) – also known as female genital mutilation (FGM) or female circumcision – is ...

Object Details Author Abdalla, Raqiya Haji Dualeh 1982 Call number GN484 .A23 1982 Type Books Physical description ii, 122 p. : ill. ; 23 cm Place Africa Smithsonian Libraries Topic Female ...

THIS work is the first volume of a series which the author is undertaking in connexion with some of the more obscure customs of antiquity and the Middle Ages related to the sexual life of man. The ...