Examining FGC Survivor and FGC Impacted Community Involvement Behind FGM/C Legislation in the United States: A Response to Bader's “From the War on Terror to the Moral Crusade Against Female Genital Mutilation: Anti-Muslim Racism and Femonationalism in the United States”
As an American-born woman who grew up as a South Asian Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, I have been aware of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) my entire life. So I immediately agreed to give commentary on “From the War on Terror to the Moral Crusade Against Female Genital Mutilation: Anti-Muslim Racism...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2023
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Violence against women
Jahr: 2023, Band: 29, Heft: 10, Seiten: 1944-1952 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | As an American-born woman who grew up as a South Asian Dawoodi Bohra Muslim, I have been aware of female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) my entire life. So I immediately agreed to give commentary on “From the War on Terror to the Moral Crusade Against Female Genital Mutilation: Anti-Muslim Racism and Femonationalisim in the United States” by Dina Bader. While I do not necessarily disagree with Bader's observations, I provide additional context to better understand the history of our current FGM/C laws in this country and the influence survivors and advocates’ have had in shaping them. |
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| ISSN: | 1552-8448 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10778012231168632 |
