@article{ref1,
title="Men facing the ablation/female genital mutilation (a/fgm): cultural factors that support this tradition",
journal="Procedia - social and behavioral sciences",
year="2014",
author="Ruiz, Ismael Jiménez and Bravo, María del Mar Pastor and Martínez, Pilar Almansa and Meseguer, Carmen Ballesteros",
volume="132",
number="",
pages="631-638",
abstract="A descriptive study with ethnographic methodology. The data have been gathered by means of semi-structured interviews; the population is made by men who live in Spain and come from countries in favour of the A/FGM. 9 subjects compound the sample. The results show that the A/FGM is conceived as a system of traditional cares subtended by several sexual, hygienic and religious factors. It is concluded that dealing with the A/FGM from the male perspective is essential for its eradication, because it is a conceived practice in androcentric and patriarchal societies. The falsifiability of the cultural and gender reasoning that goes on with this tradition is evidenced.<p />",
language="en",
issn="1877-0428",
doi="10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.365",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.365"
}