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- noun Plural form of
clitorectomy .
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Examples
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As for Book of Mormon, I suspect presenters in flyover country are well aware that its coarse humor may not be as appealing as it is here in the cultural capital, where apparently the idea of an African village in which everyone has AIDS about to be conquered by a warlord who will force all the women to have clitorectomies, is considered har-dee-har-har-har.
Howard Kissel: The War Between Dream Girls and Nine Howard Kissel 2011
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In fact, clitorectomies are performed in places where superstition is rampant due to a lack of education, and not in more educated places, even misogynistic ones.
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As for Book of Mormon, I suspect presenters in flyover country are well aware that its coarse humor may not be as appealing as it is here in the cultural capital, where apparently the idea of an African village in which everyone has AIDS about to be conquered by a warlord who will force all the women to have clitorectomies, is considered har-dee-har-har-har.
Howard Kissel: The War Between Dream Girls and Nine Howard Kissel 2011
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As for Book of Mormon, I suspect presenters in flyover country are well aware that its coarse humor may not be as appealing as it is here in the cultural capital, where apparently the idea of an African village in which everyone has AIDS about to be conquered by a warlord who will force all the women to have clitorectomies, is considered har-dee-har-har-har.
Howard Kissel: The War Between Dream Girls and Nine Howard Kissel 2011
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Those who perform clitorectomies (generally women themselves, I believe) have been found to believe appalling things about female anatomy — one I read about thought that the clitoris was a worm that would burrow into the female body if not cut out.
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Actually, western women made the mistake of thinking that clitorectomies were a male-driven phenomenon; when, in fact, it was a female institution.
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Maybe this should be rescheduled during the week when IslamoFascist Nazis from the Muslim Students Association Branch of the Muslim Brotherhood are having a seminar on clitorectomies for coeds.
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As for Book of Mormon, I suspect presenters in flyover country are well aware that its coarse humor may not be as appealing as it is here in the cultural capital, where apparently the idea of an African village in which everyone has AIDS about to be conquered by a warlord who will force all the women to have clitorectomies, is considered har-dee-har-har-har.
Howard Kissel: The War Between Dream Girls and Nine Howard Kissel 2011
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Giving the women who perform clitorectomies alternate forms of income helps, too.
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Maybe this should be rescheduled during the week when IslamoFascist Nazis from the Muslim Students Association Branch of the Muslim Brotherhood are having a seminar on clitorectomies for coeds.jgreeneQuote
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