Female Genital Mutilation

John Roy Bohlen Female Genital Mutilation

"FEMALE CIRCUMCISION"

Females by the millions, around the world, and, increasingly, in the United States, are being hurt, mutilated, and permanently damaged in their genitals. It is a practice called female circumcision, or FGM, which stands for Female Genital Mutilation. There are at least two reasons given for this horror:

  • "It has always been done this way."
  • Promiscuity: The belief is that if a woman's genitals are removed, the less she will want to be promiscuous, to commit adultery or fornication. The real cause is found in the Bible, in John 10:10, where Jesus says, "The thief comes only to steal, and kill, and destroy; I came that they might have life, and might have it abundantly." (NAS) The devil wants to steal, kill and destroy the woman's pleasure.

Get a Full Version PDF Download Here

by John Roy Bohlen and John 5:30

Copyright © 1998 by John Roy Bohlen

ISBN NUMBER:

All Scriptures used herein are from the NAS New American Standard Bible, Lockman Foundation, unless otherwise indicated

FGM is a subject about which most African men, most men in the world are extremely ignorant. Most African men do not even know about, nor are they interested in "what is a clitoris".

For those of you who do care, or want to know, the clitoris is a little piece of muscle and flesh, about the size and length of a woman's little finger, and, on the outside, is about the length of the first joint of her little finger. It lies just below her pubic hair, at the top of the slit of her genital lips. It is exactly the female counterpart of the man's penis. The clitoris, (rhymes with "it is this"), has the same number (about 8000) of nerve endings, or more, as are in a man's penis, in the exact same location. It lies partly outside the woman's body where it can be seen, but the shaft of it and the root of it, extends beneath the skin, and beyond, just like a man's penis has a root that extends almost to his anus, and up into his body. The clitoris is intended by God to bring exactly the same pleasure to the woman as the penis does to the man. She was created by God to have the same peak, orgasm, release, ‘come' or climax as the man. The same pleasure, the same excitement, the same arousal, is a gift to the woman as to the man. During her sexual arousal, the little clitoris, and the surrounding tissues even become erect and swollen, and they throb and expand. During the woman's arousal and climax, she is to experience the same shortness of breath, the same dilation of eyes, the same muscle throbs, tension, spasms, contractions, she can make the same noises, experience the same release, the same fulfillment, the same relaxation, the same enjoyment and pleasure as the man. This is the way God created her, just like He created the man to have his pleasure, God created

 

the woman to have her pleasure. This is God's lovely gift to her! This all is God's invention for her. But, the more nerve endings that are destroyed, the less able the woman is to experience sexual pleasure, exactly the same as if the more of the tongue that is cut off, the more taste buds are destroyed, and the less one would be able to enjoy the taste of food.

A Nigerian pastor asked me, "Did you asked the married women in Africa that they did not enjoyed their own husband?" My answer is this article.

Scientific data and Historical background:

I have been studying the subject of female circumcision since the spring of 1988, during my first trip to West Africa. Since then, I have made 17 additional trips to Nigeria, 2 trips to the Republique du Benin and one trip each to Ghana, the, South Africa, and Lesthoto.

During this time, I have talked with and/or interviewed a significant number of highly experienced doctors, obstetrical nurses and medical personnel, the kind of friends who will tell me the truth, without bias. I have also been doing marriage seminars, during which time I have the participants, male and female, answer an anonymous questionnaire, including questions like: "Do you believe in female circumcision?" "If you are a woman, have you been: circumcised.?" "If so, how extensively: (partial clitoris, whole clitoris, plus inner lips, plus outer lips)?" "Frequency of intercourse?" "What % of the time are you able to experience a peak, orgasm, climax?" "How much do you enjoy sex?"      If you have daughters, have you had them circumcised?" We explain:

Here is a copy of the questionnaire that I use in the seminars:

 
   

MARRIAGE SEMINAR QUESTIONNAIRE

Do not put your name on this paper!

Your complete privacy is guaranteed. Thank you for participating. This is for research to assist couples enjoy marriage, as God intends. Thank you.

  1. How long have you been married?
  2. Are you a man or a woman?
  3. How much do you enjoy sex? Very much? Not much? I hate

(COMMENT: WE HAVE FOUND THAT THE MORE EXTENSIVELY A WOMAN HAS BEEN CIRCUMCISED, THE LESS SHE ENJOYS SEX. MOST AFRICAN MEN DO NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT, NOR DO THEY CARE, IF THEIR WIFE HAS PLEASURE. MANY WOMEN WHO CANNOT CLIMAX, WILL ENJOY JUST BEING HELD AND PAID ATTENTION TO, IN SPITE OF THE FACT THAT THEY ARE NOT EXPERIENCING SEXUAL PLEASURE. ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME WOMEN ARE ABLE TO EXPERIENCE SEXUAL PLEASURE EVEN THOUGH SHE HAS BEEN CIRCUMCISED, BECAUSE THERE ARE ALSO OTHER PARTS OF HER BODY AND MIND THAT CAN BE SEXUALLY STIMULATED, EVEN TO THE POINT OF ORGASM.)

4.    What percent of the time are you able to experience a climax, a peak, or orgasm?

(COMMENT: Again, there is a DIRECT correlation between her ability to experience pleasure, and the number of nerve endings that have been destroyed. This is a scientific fact, and is one that makes sense. It is exactly the same as your ability to taste, being diminished in direct proportion to the amount of your tongue and nose - your taste buds that have been destroyed, or your ability to see, the extent that your eyes have been damaged, to feel feeling the extent that your nerves in your hands have been cut off or damaged.)

5.    How often do you have intercourse?

(COMMENT: The Bible says in 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 that the husband is to minister sexually to his wife ANY TIME the wife requests or desires it. It also states that the reason that she is to have a husband is so that she will not want to fornicate. The ONLY reason to abstain from sex is if BOTH the husband AND the wife agree to fast and pray for a short time, but that they are to come together again soon because of temptation.

There is not ANY other reason given for the withholding of sex on EITHER the wife's part OR the husband's part. This does not mean that fasting and sex cannot happen at the same time. Some have discovered that sex can be even more pleasurable during fasting.)

6.    How often would you like to have sexual intercourse?

(COMMENT: Amazingly, the desire for sex is often as great on the part of the woman as the man, and sometimes more often. But again, many women enjoy having sex, not because of sexual pleasure, but because of the other emotional and psychological benefits, such as giving pleasure, being held, being appreciated, being told that they are loved, being shown affection and attention, etc.. FGM does NOT decrease a woman's sexual desire, only her ability to enjoy, like a starving person with his mouth sewed shut.)

  1. How often would your spouse like to have sex?

  2. (COMMENT: We once counseled a couple where the wife was complaining that all her husband thought about was I asked her how often they would have intercourse if they had sex every time her husband wanted to. She laughed and said, "Oh, about every 5 minutes!" I asked them how many times in their 10 years of marriage had they had sex 3 times in one day. The answer was, "Never". Then I asked them how often in those 10 years had they had sex 2 times in one day, and they said, "Oh, about 5 or 6 times." We then gave them an assignment, that they should go home, and have sex three times per day, every day of that coming week. The first day, they succeeded in having sex three times. The next day, the husband was too tired! The third day, the husband was too tired!! The reason that all her husband thought about was sex, was because she seldom ministered to him sexually as often as he desired sex, which would have been, on most days, less often than once a day.

8.    Do you wish that your spouse was more skilled at sex?

(COMMENT: Almost without exception, EVERYONE, man AND woman, desires that their husband or wife knew more about sex.)

9.    Do you wish that your spouse was more caring during sex?

(COMMENT: Almost without exception, EVERYONE, man AND woman, desires that their husband or wife was more caring during sex.)

10.    If you are a man, do you have a problem with premature ejaculation, that is, climaxing or coming too quickly?

(COMMENT: Many men are having this problem because in the African culture, many of the men are not experiencing sex frequently enough so that when they do have sex, they climax right away. The culture has a taboo against sex during the menstruation period, and many couples abstain when there is danger of pregnancy. Therefore, many couples only have sex, once or twice in a month's time. Otherwise, if the man does not even care about the pleasure of the wife, it does not matter to him how quickly he climaxes, as he has given NO consideration of her pleasure. But the Bible says, "Husband, love your wife as you love your own body." If the husband loved his wife as much as he loves his own body, he will see to it that she also experiences as much pleasure in her body, as he himself does, in his own body. Even though I am 66 years old, my wife and I are experiencing as much pleasure as we always did, and I almost always see to it that she has her own pleasure and climax first, because I love her.)

11.    If you are a man, do you have difficulty getting an erection?

  1. How often in the last 12 months, did your spouse tell you that he or she loves you?

(COMMENT: I know that it is not common for African people to tell each other that they love each other. But let me ask you a question: Does God want to be told that He is loved and appreciated??? Does God tell us that He loves and cares for us???) When the ten lepers were healed, and only one said 'Thank You!', Jesus asked, "Why didn't the other 9 say ‘Thank You'?" Jesus asked Peter 3 times whether or not he loved Jesus.)

13.    Do you wish that your spouse told you that he or she loves you more?

 

(COMMENT: In spite of the African custom of not telling your wife that you love her, EVERY ONE, almost without exception, says that they wish that their spouse would tell them that they are loved and appreciated more. I believe that there was only one exception in all the years of this questionnaire.)

14.    If you are a woman, have you been circumcised?

 

  1. How extensively?: a) partial removal of the clitoris, b) complete removal of the clitoris, c) a & b plus the removal of the inner lips, d) a & b & c plus the removal of the outer lips.

(Sometimes the entire area is scraped clean by crude and contaminated surgical instruments, broken glass, a rusty, filthy razor blade, etc. Tetanus, aids and other infections often causes great sickness and even death.)

16.    Are you having sex with any other than your spouse?

(Sometimes, instead of curbing fornication or adultery, female circumcision actually contributes to it, because of the wife's diminished ability to experience pleasure. Thus, she may be motivated to seek multiple partners, in an effort to find a man more skilled in giving pleasure, not realizing that it is because her pleasure giving body parts have been stolen, that she is lacking pleasure and orgasm.)

17.    Do you believe that it is wrong for the wife to ask her husband for sex?

(COMMENT: Again, contrary to the culture, the Bible, in 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 and other places, encourages and allows the wife to be just as aggressive, sexually, as the husband. There is nothing in the Bible that says that only the husband can initiate sex.)

18.    Do you believe that birth control is morally acceptable?

(COMMENT: We must be led by the Holy Spirit in ALL things, at ALL times, and especially as to when to have a baby, and not leave pregnancy to haphazard "chance" or whimsical circumstance. There is nothing in the Bible that says that we should abstain from having sex to prevent having children. There is nothing in the Bible that teaches against birth control. On the contrary, 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 says that the husband and wife are to be available to each other at ALL TIMES! One African pastor once told me, "MUST NOT HAVE SEX DURING THE DAY!!!" I said, "Where is it written?)

19.    What method of birth control/family planning do you use?

(COMMENT: We do not recommend the coil or the IUD because it causes an abortion, and the coil can get dislocated or lost or cause bleeding or infection.)

20.    How much would you say that you love your spouse?

 

  1. Do you, or have you used the withholding of sex to punish, manipulate or control your spouse?

(COMMENT: The Bible says that we must not do this. But many do.)

22.    Are you in favour of female circumcision?

(COMMENT: Many, many people still are practicing FGM. It is still being widely done in Yoruba Land, and elsewhere in Nigeria and in Africa and in other countries. FGM is increasing in the United States and Europe, being spread by people who have practiced this horrible custom in their own countries.)

23.    If you have daughters, have they been circumcised?

(COMMENT: In a city in southwestern Nigeria, among Spirit-filled people, the answer was that more than half had circumcised their daughters. At a marriage seminar in Ado- Iketi, also in southwestern Nigeria, ALL BUT ONE, had mutilated the genitals of, that is, had circumcised their baby girls!

24.    Do you believe that the wife has to be submissive to her husband?

(COMMENT: See our book, The Sexual Ministry. Call 715-866-4060. She does not "have to be" submissive. She chooses to be submissive willingly, voluntarily, and NOT because the husband beats, browbeats, intimidates or forces her to be submissive. In Ephesians 5 where it commands the wife to "be subject to your own husbands, as to the Lord.", it commands BOTH of them to "be subject to one another in the fear of Christ." This means that there will be times when the husband will be subject to the wife, hopefully EVERY time she is right, EVERY time God is speaking to him through her!)

  1. If the wife is not submissive, should the husband beat her?

  2. (In many countries, a husband can beat his wife to death, and the consequences can be minimal.)

26.    Do you believe that it is wrong to have sex during the menstrual period?

(COMMENT: This is an Old Testament law, like stoning your children if they do not behave. There is nothing in the New Testament about this, nor in medicine or science about this negatively. 1 Corinthians 7:1-7 does not say, "Do not defraud your husband OR your wife, EXCEPT WHEN SHE IS MENSTRUATING!" Most African couples refrain from having sex during menstruation AND when they are fertile, and consequently end up having sex 2 or 3 times a month, instead of 2 or 3 times a week.)

27.    Would you be willing to change your ideas about sex or anything else, if God would ask you to change?

(COMMENT: While it is true that a zebra cannot change its stripes, people that are 'old wine skins', who'love the old wine', the 'old manna', who have 'hard hearts', or 'stiff necks', or who are fools, are NOT willing to change.)

  1. Do you believe that you need or would like to receive counseling in these areas?

 

  1. Do you have any questions about sex or marriage? What are they?

 

  1. Do you think about having sex with anyone other than your spouse? It is possible, and necessary to keep your thought life pure.

 

  1. Do you have any bitterness or resentment toward your spouse?

 
   

 

Col 3:19 says, "Husband, love your wife, and be not bitter against her." This is God's Own command!

A Nigerian pastor asked me, "Did any women told you that she regretted of her circumcision?"

(COMMENT: EVERY woman who becomes informed and educated, regrets her circumcision - EVERY WOMAN!!! This question is like asking some one who has had part of their tongue cut off if they regretted having their tongue cut off. It is like asking a man who has had his penis cut off if he regrets having had his penis cut off.)

The Nigerian pastor argued, "Did you know that divorce rate is much more in America than in Africa?"

(My answer to him was: Once again, your reasoning is faulty. Female circumcision has nothing to do with the divorce rate. Another time his reasoning was faulty was when he observed that, in spite of the fact that some women who had been circumcised were able to experience an orgasm, and some American white women who were not, meant that the white woman should be circumcised. This is like saying that here is a person who has had half his tongue cut off is able to taste sugar or salt, while a person whose food is taken in pill form does not, should have their tongue cut off. There are many reasons why a woman may not be able to experience an orgasm. Again, the more nerve endings removed, the less likely she will be to experience pleasure.

Some of the reasons may be:

The man may be stupid, uneducated, uncaring or inconsiderate about her pleasure or her clitoris.

The husband, may be inexperienced or unskilled.

He may orgasm too quickly and lose interest in his wife's pleasure.

The woman may not know about her clitoris, how to pleasure herself or how to tell the man how to pleasure her.

She may not receive adequate stimulation or foreplay during sex.

It is like telling the woman that if her back is not being scratched in the right place, to cut sections of her back away.

It is like telling a person who is swallowing grapes whole, and complaining that she is not enjoying the taste, that she should cut off her tongue!!!!!!!!!!)

The African pastor then asked, "What did the African women in the Western World told you about this subject?"

 

,(My answer was, "What did the African women in the Western World tell YOU about the subject? African women in the western world are resentful, enraged, bitter, sad, angry, disheartened, depressed, and in an uproar because of this damned, dirty, demonic, diabolical, devilish, dastardly, dangerous device!!!!!!!! There is much literature and material about this subject, if you want to research it. You might start by contacting the references at the end of my e-mail article on FGM, including the FGM network, on the internet.)

African pastor then said, "I don't think that the women in Africa will leave their husband because they are not enjoying their sex life."

(My response was: "Just because a woman has had her tongue or her teeth or her feet or her eyes removed does not mean that she is going to leave her husband. But let me ask you, will a man leave his wife just because he is not enjoying his sex life??? Many men do leave their wife if she is not giving him adequate pleasure. And many women who have been circumcised DO go up and down looking for another partner who can give them greater pleasure. Because of this, FGM actually often contributes to increased immorality, not diminishes it.")

The African pastor then said, "I am not saying that circumcision is better than noncircumcisised."

(My response was, "You have said so in the past. Have you changed your mind? I hope so, because female mutilation circumcision is stupid, dirty, dangerous, demonic, devilish, dastardly, cruel, ignorant, counterproductive and stupid.")

Then the pastor asked, "What did your wife and childred say about this topic?"

(My answer was: "My wife and children and every other civilized and straight thinking, decent, informed person will be unspeakably horrified and sickened at the idea of a woman's genitals being cut off, in the same way that we would adopt a custom of cutting off people's tongues so they will not eat so much.)

The question is often asked as to what kind of response the Africans have to this teaching against female circumcision. Here is my response: (COMMENT: Almost, everywhere I teach in Africa about this subject, 50 to 100 % of the people believe in female genital mutilation, before I teach. When I am finished teaching, no one, not even 1 % believe in female circumcision any more. Many of them, men and women, are repenting, remorseful, regretful, sad, mournful and sorry that they allowed this damned and stupid practice to take place.)

4  Kinds of Circumcision for a Woman

a) Partial clitorectomy, (removal of part of the clitoris), b) complete clitorectomy, c) a plus b, plus the removal of the labia minora, (inner lips) or, d) infibulation, which includes a, b, c, plus the removal of at least part, and sometimes all, of the labia majora, and the sewing of the gaping wound shut, so as to allow a small opening and a scar where the genitals had been. The more nerve endings that are destroyed or cut away, the less pleasure and enjoyment there is for the woman. The scars make the area less resilient, allowing for tearing in childbearing, and often, tetanus or other infection. Sometimes the raw and exposed nerve endings never heal, and cause constant pain.

The questionnaire asks if the woman is able to experience an orgasm, and if so, what percentage of the time, and the frequency of intercourse. By this means, an increasingly more accurate picture is emerging, of the status of women as to circumcision in Africa and around the world. I also ask the question: "Have your circumcised your daughters, if any." On a recent trip to Nigeria, 10 out of 20 women in Ondo State (Akure), said "yes"! In nearby Ekiti State (Ado), 17 out of 18 women said that their daughters had been circumcised. This means that female genital mutilation, or FGM, also known as female circumcision, is common in Nigeria and other African countries, and is increasing in the United States and around the world, up to the present day, in spite of laws, literature, teaching and publicity to the contrary. One man explained that his wife had had their daughters circumcised without getting his permission. An enlightened University Professor confided that when their daughters went to visit the grandparents in the village, that the daughters were circumcised without getting the parent's permission.

5  Occasions For Female Circumcision

There are one of 5 times or more, in the life of a female when she may be circumcised:

1) at birth, or, 2) at puberty, or before, or, 3) upon becoming engaged to be married, or,

4) after marriage, if the husband is not satisfied with the degree of his wife's circumcision, or, 5) just before the baby is born, as there is a superstition that the baby will die or be cursed if the head of the baby touches the mother's clitoris, during birth. This ugly superstition is more stupid than the one about if a person drinks coconut milk, his brain will get weak.

Reasons Given for Female Circumcision

In my seminars, I ask the question, "Is there any demon present, any angel, any man, or any woman who can show me even one Verse from the Bible or the Koran, that states, commands, recommends or even remotely suggests, implies, hints or infers that a female be circumcised?" The place is always totally silent. Then I present Bible verses like John 10:10 "The devil comes to steal, kill and destroy, but I, (Jesus) came that you might have life and that you may have it more abundantly." And, John 15:11 "These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may be in you, and that your joy may be made full." (NAS) In other words, the devil's seeks to steal enjoyment and pleasure away from us.

He succeeds in this matter of FGM. Yet God always has intended for both the man and the woman to experience sexual pleasure within marriage.

God created sex, the sex organs for both the man and the woman, and that He gave sex and pleasure in sex to both the man and the woman as a precious gift.

1 Cor 7:1 "Now concerning the things about which you wrote, it is good for a man not to touch a woman. 2 But because of immoralities, let each man have his own wife, and let each woman have her own husband. 3 Let the husband fulfill his duty to his wife, and likewise also the wife to her husband. 4 The wife does not have authority over her own body, but the husband does; and likewise also the husband does not have authority over his own body, but the wife does. 5 Stop depriving one another, except by agreement for a time that you may devote yourselves to prayer, and come together again lest Satan tempt you because of your lack of self-control." (NAS)

\These verses are a clear indication that God expects the woman to have pleasure.

Gen 2:22 "And Yahweh, the LORD God fashioned into a woman the rib (or, side), which He had taken from the man, and brought her to the man. 23 And the man said, ‘This is now bone of my bones, and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called "woman", because she was taken out of Man.' 24 For this cause a man shall leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and they shall become one flesh. 25 And the man and his wife were both naked and were not ashamed." (NAS) And,

1 Tim 6:17 "Charge them - - that they be not high-minded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, Who giveth us richly all things to enjoy." (ASV) God created sex to be richly enjoyed by every husband and every wife.

Reasons That Circumcision Continues:

Sometimes culture and customs are hard to change. Finances are a factor in the continuation of this devilish custom, as there are witch doctors or old women or whoever, that make, in some cases, a great deal of money for conducting the circumcision. It is frequently done in unsanitary conditions, resulting in bleeding to death, or death by shock, tetanus, aids, or other infection. At times crude operating instruments are used, such as broken glass, rusty previously used razor blades, etc. Sometimes the scarring leaves the area without elasticity or resilience, resulting in horrible tearing, even into the anus, which results in further scarring, and sometimes, death.

Because of this ignorance, and the power of custom, culture and taboo, a female may not become accepted in her community, unless she has been mutilated.

Female circumcision is increasing in the United States. Certain religions may contribute to this custom even though it is not mentioned in the Bible, in the Koran, or in any of the so called "sacred" writings. We make this point again: There the pastor who came to this country from Nigeria. He knew of at least one woman who was able to experience a climax in spite of her circumcision. He counseled some American women who were married to African men. Although these women were uncircumcised, they had not been able to experience an orgasm. This Nigerian pastor mistakenly assumed that circumcision would enable these white women to become orgasmic. So he reasoned and recommended that these white American women should be circumcised. He was ignorant of the fact that the more of the female 'penis' (the clitoris), is cut off, the more nerve endings are destroyed, and the less chance there is for the woman to experience sexual pleasure, enjoyment and a climax, peak or orgasm.

Reasons to not circumcise a woman

One of the most common reasons given for FGM is the mistaken deception and lie that it will reduce the probability of fornication and adultery and promiscuity in the female. The following are some of the reasons given for not circumcising a female:

  1. It is not called for, or even remotely recommended, commanded, implied or suggested in the Bible, the Koran, or any other "holy book".
  2. Matt 15:19 "For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, slanders." (NAS) Fornication and adultery are a matter of the heart. If one wants to reduce these, the heart should be circumcised, or cut out, NOT the woman's My wife and our daughters were never circumcised, and were never promiscuous, because their hearts were circumcised.
  3. The woman's clitoris does NOT cause sexual desire in the female. It is the ovaries that produce hormones that control the libido, that is, the sexual If one wants to decrease sexual desire in the man, the testicles should be removed, in the woman, the ovaries, and not the penis, nor the clitoris.
  1. Cutting off the woman's clitoris is THE SAME as if a man's penis were cut One may remove the penis, but if the testicles are left, sexual desire will continue. Likewise, one may remove the clitoris, etc., but if the ovaries are left, sexual desire will continue unabated in the woman. Cutting off the man's penis does not remove sexual desire, if the gonads or testicles are left. The itch is still there, in both cases, but the means by which to scratch the itch, and obtain relief is minimized.
  2. Again: There are indications that FGM, or female circumcision may actually INCREASE promiscuity, fornication and adultery in a woman, in that, since she is unable or handicapped in her ability to experience an orgasm &/or pleasure, she may attribute her inability to a partner's inexperience or lack of skill, and she may pursue pleasure elsewhere. This may result in an increase in promiscuity.
  3. Eph 5:28 says, "So husbands ought also to love their own wives as their own bodies. He who loves his own wife loves himself;" and, Verse 33 "Nevertheless let each individual among you also love his own wife even as " (NAS) If a man loves his wife as his own body, and as much as he loves himself, he will desire that she experience pleasure just as intensely and as often as he, himself. A man who is not interested or concerned that his wife have as much pleasure as himself, is IGNORANT, STUPID, INCONSIDERATE, and/OR CRUEL. A father or mother who does not want their daughter to experience sexual pleasure in marriage is likewise ignorant, inconsiderate, crude and cruel. Circumcising the female is the SAME as if a parent, worried that their little boy will be promiscuous later on in life, cut off the head of the little boy's penis. If they are really concerned, they will cut off most of the penis. If they are really, really concerned, they cut off the whole penis!!! If they really want to be cruel, they will leave the testicles to remain to continue to create sexual desire, but take away the means by which the desire can be fulfilled. This is the EXACT male counterpart to female genital mutilation circumcision, when the outward genitals are removed, yet the ovaries remain to continue producing sexual desire in the woman.

 

Remedies and Solutions, A Reason for Hope:

  1. Any person responsible for the mutilation of any female, can repent, invite Jesus Christ to come within as Lord and Savior, and can give one's life completely to Him as God. 1 John 1:9 offers complete forgiveness as a gift from Jesus. Unless there is repentance, and change, THE CURSE OF GOD WILL COME UPON ANY ONE WHO KNOWINGLY CONTRIBUTES TO OR PARTICIPATES IN OR IS RESPONSIBLE

FOR the mutilation/circumcision of any female!!!

  1. It has been documented that there are women who have trained themselves to become orgasmic, who have been paralyzed from the waist down, and who have no feeling in their Other women have reported having experienced orgasm or climax through breast stimulation alone. Still others report being able to attain an orgasm, simply from giving pleasure to their husbands, as in other forms of sex play. Thus, we believe that with patience and practice, that it STILL may be possible for a woman to attain to a climax or orgasm, even though she has been severely mutilated, although, admittedly, the challenge will be greater, because many of the nerve endings have been destroyed, just THE SAME AS IF portions of the man's penis were cut off, the same as taste would be diminished if portions of the tongue were removed. Hunger?

Yes. Pleasure? NO!

  1. We believe in a miracle-working God, through Jesus Christ, a God Who does creative miracles! Papa Yahweh Father God, has the ability to restore body parts, and we are believing that the Day is already here when the mutilation done can be supernaturally reversed, and nerve endings be restored.
  2. At the same time, we are believing that the Lord God will take a direct part in preventing more circumcisions, even to the point of supernaturally judging and stopping those who are responsible.
  3. Let's keep things in perspective: Upon reading this, you may believe that the people involved in, or responsible for, female genital mutilation and the circumcision of women are really barbaric, heathen-like, sinful and stupid. They are. The thought of this may really be throwing some of you into a rage or may make you weep for these women who have been mutilated. If so, you are to be sincerely congratulated. But which is worse? To circumcise a woman? Or, to dismember her, piece by piece in the womb of her mother? We put serial killers in prison, and wish them the worst, but if a baby murdering abortionist murders the baby girl, "It's a baby girl!!!" while it is still in the mother, then we pay him a big salary and call him "Respected Doctor". Let's not be too smugly critical of a "third world" society that circumcises it's females, when the "first world" United States, and other "enlightened" countries, blesses the brutal dismembering of it's tens of millions of unborn baby girls. To be "pro-choice" is to be "pro-baby murder." The judgement of God is also upon those who commit, countenance or conduct an abortion.
  4. You can make a difference in praying, in giving, and in telling others about this problem, and in sharing this information with others. For example, we make frequent trips to Africa, and teach these things convincingly to If you desire to be a part of the solution, you may send tax deductible contributions to:

Great Commission Ministries

9473 County Rd.D, Webster, WI 54893

These funds will be used to travel to parts of the world where female circumcision/mutilation is practiced, to teach them a better way. These funds will also be used to print and distribute literature to these same people and places. Will you help us? If even one female is saved from this damnable mutilation, what money value can be placed on such a rescue?!

 

If you have more questions about this subject, you may call me, or you can write to the addresses given below.

In the meanwhile, thank you for asking your questions, and, thank you for being willing to prayerfully consider our counsel.

John Roy Bohlen 715-866-4060

Great Commission Ministries, a part of The Kingdom of God, 9473 County Rd.D, Webster, WI 54893

http://www.great-commission-ministries.org Email: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

References, Recourses and Reading Recommendations:

Reader's Digest, June 1999 pp.186-224 from the book

Desert Flower by Waris Dirie & Cathleen Miller

Request Information package on:

FGM (Female Genital Mutilation) World Health Organization Department of Women's Health (RD) Health Systems and Community Health Avenue Appia 20 CH-1211

Geneva 27, Switzerland

Escaping The Twilight, by Sigrid Weidenweber (pron. Vydenvayber) This is a lovely book, detailing a woman's escape from bondage. Sigrid is available for speaking engagements. See her website: https://sigridbooks.com/

Website: https://endfgmnetwork.org/ This is a vast source for info on FGMutilation