The Association Between Women's Social Position and the Medicalization of Female Genital Cutting in Egypt.

CONCLUSIONS: A woman's social position in Egypt is associated with medicalization of her daughter's genital cutting. Research is needed to explore the social meaning attributed to medicalized genital cutting, which may inform campaigns that could decrease the prevalence of the procedure. PMID: 30789821 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Int Perspect Sex Reprod Health Source Type: research