In cultures that value female virginity, female genital mutilation is rampant and the most prevalent justifications is that it reduces a woman’s sex drive—a woman’s interest in sexual pleasure and her ability to enjoy sex are decreased.
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In cultures that value female virginity, female genital mutilation is rampant and the most prevalent justifications is that it reduces a woman’s sex drive—a woman’s interest in sexual pleasure and her ability to enjoy sex are decreased.
Yes, of course such a horrible mutilation to a woman’s flesh affects sexual desire. Some may simply not experience any pleasure. In many (if not most) cases, I imagine there is a lot of pain. There are a lot of women, even here in the U.S., who give birth in hospitals and get cut through their perineum muscle and later go on to experience painful sex or other sexual dysfunction. I’m also anti-episiotomy. It’s barbaric and completely insane. It’s completely asinine to set up a woman lying on her back or semi-lying and expect her to normally birth a baby. Doctors who give episiotomies just add insult to injury when they then cut through a woman’s muscle to supposedly help the baby come out. That is not normal. I feel terribly sorrowful for the women who have been subjected to female genital mutilation. I cannot imagine having my clitoris circumcised and having my vagina wired shut.
I believe only women who actually experienced FMG can explicitly answer this question. But based on my knowledge, it depends on the extent of the damage to the external clitoris. However, female sexual pleasure also comes from vaginal stimulation which includes part of the clitoris which extends from outside inward toward the vagina and from the general experience of intimacy and sharing affection. While I oppose female circumcision especially without full and free consent, the woman can still have hope of some pleasure and satisfaction during sex, and from the sex. I hear that some advances in corrective surgery are even being made.