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Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Guardian epic fail in word choice

Posted on 6:25 AM by Unknown
The Guardian has a mostly-great article out that describes in gory detail the horror of female genital mutilation (FGM). That's just about the sickest fucking shit I've ever heard. In any case, they fell down hard in this one sentence:

Even girls who suffer less extreme forms of FGM are unlikely to be promiscuous. One study among Egyptian women found 50% of women who had undergone FGM "endured" rather than enjoyed sex.
(emphasis mine)
Oof. I understand the point they are trying to make, and really, "promiscuous" ought not to be a slander. But unfortunately, it is. Some worthless sadistic sexually repressed fucks are going to read this and be like, "Oh, lookie, less extreme FGM is a good thing because it helps girls stay chaste."

Instead, the Guardian should have used a phrase like "are unlikely to have normal biological functions" or something.

Goddamn, I have to stop writing about this right now. There really isn't much about religion that makes me angrier than FGM.
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