Two points Nobody asked my opinion but I d like to mention two points that might be of use A Rwandan academic I once knew told us that in his country female circumcision consisted in exposing the clitoris by incising the clitoral prepuce to make it more accessible for hygiene AND for masturbation Nowhere in the main article and its classifications of FMG types to I find any reference to that The practice is combined in Type I along with removal of the clitoris My second point is that the notion that women are often stronger proponents of FGM than men seems to me to be a dangerous one because it seems to me that it misses an essential point that in patriarchal societies women often and even systematically collaborate with the male dominated power structure A third point at no extra charge Male circumcision is definitely mutilation especially if incision of the clitoral prepuce alone is