Attitudes surrounding the continuation of female circumcision in the Sudan: passing the tradition to the next generation.
A study was conducted to examine attitudes surrounding the continuation of female circumcision in the Sudan. Results indicated that close to 90 percent of all women surveyed either had or planned to have all of their daughters have some form of circumcision and that roughly half of those women repo...
| Published in: | Journal of Marriage & Family Vol. 59; no. 4; pp. 966 - 982 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
November 1997
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| Summary: | A study was conducted to examine attitudes surrounding the continuation of female circumcision in the Sudan. Results indicated that close to 90 percent of all women surveyed either had or planned to have all of their daughters have some form of circumcision and that roughly half of those women reported having a preference for the most severe procedures. Girls most likely to be circumcised were typically the daughters of women who were commonly thought of as more traditional: those who had married early, who had little or no schooling, and who were married to husbands with little or no schooling. |
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