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Discussing Idioms of Fertility and Enclosure

Discussing Idioms of Fertility and Enclosure

Q Boddy argues that Hofriyati villagers act on female bodies to enclose them and render them fertile by making them ¨pure¨, ¨clean¨ and ¨smooth¨. Discuss in substantial detail how these 'idioms' work to relate fertility and enclosure, and thus support the practice of female genital cutting in this culture.

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It has been learnt that after the act of circumcision, a boy become a man but in case of a girl, it remains the same until her marriage. It is to be noted that the genitals of men are mutilated so that they can fornicate much more and produce more kind. However, female genitals are mutilated so that their sexual desires are suppressed. This is a deliberate act of depriving the women from sexual pleasure so that they take consummation as an act of their act of duty and responsibility. This is done to establish the fact that women are here to serve to men, give them pleasure, satisfy their needs and produce children.