Female genital mutilation: current awareness, believes and future intention in rural Egypt
Abstract
This document presents research article on Female genital mutilation: current awareness, believes and future intention in rural Egypt. FGM was performed on 76.6% of females, complications occurred in 35.6% of them. Females demonstrated a higher level of knowledge than males. Nearly 56% of respondents believed that this practice should continue. Females were more supportive of the continuation of FGM than men (60.3% vs. 47.9%). The attitude that FGM is a good practice, knowledge level, women’s status and religion were significantly associated with women’s willingness to subject their daughters to FGM in the future. Attitude was the only significant predictor associated with men’s willingness to subject their daughters to FGM.
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Document Type
Studies
Keywords :
Female Genital Mutilation// Sexual Medicine//Sexuam Health// The Psychology of Human Sexuality// cosmetic genital surgery// female genital cutting// Sociocultural// Culture// Ethics// Cultural Sensitivity// Sexual Dysfunction// Religious Beliefs//Sexual Dysfunction// Distress// Clinical Sciences// Gender Studies// Human Rights// Women's Health// Egypt//Public Health//Gender and sexuality//Gender discrimination// Sexual and gender based violence// human rights violation of girls// human rights violation of women