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From: fritzz@sdccsu3.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Re: Re: Re: Martillo's Rape Cure - (nf)
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Date: Tue, 10-Apr-84 12:23:54 EST
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Posted: Tue Apr 10 12:23:54 1984
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>Checked my dictionary, and by gosh, you're right.  Castration only
>technically means removing the testes/ovaries.  However, it colloquially
>also means "removing the penis."  And since the clitoris is the female
>organ analogous to the penis, it's not that far out of line to call
>a clitoridectomy a virtual castration.
>--Lee Gold

What do you call infibulation? (If I described it, it would be rot13)


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