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From: saquigley@watdaisy.UUCP (Sophie Quigley)
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Subject: "sexist" surgery
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Date: Mon, 2-Jan-84 20:55:09 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan  2 20:55:09 1984
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Yes, not to mention clitoridectomies, which are often labeled "male circumci-
sion", to make them look harmless and which used to be performed in america as
late as the 1940's to "cure" female masturbation.

I recommend a very good book "for her own good, 150 years of the expert's
advice to women" by Ehrenreich and another woman whose name escapes me right now
which deals partly with the topic of "sexist surgery".  It is considered by
"authorities" to be one of those rabbid feminist books, and as I am not an
"expert" on any of the topics mentioned in the book, I do not know how accurate
it is historically, but it IS very interesting!