RT Article
T1 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”
JF Violence against women
VO 29
IS 10
SP 1944
OP 1952
A1 Taher, Mariya
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1853011622
AB 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.
K1 Legislation
K1 social norms theory
K1 United States
K1 female genital cutting
K1 Female Genital Mutilation
DO 10.1177/10778012231168632