TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Men facing the ablation/female genital mutilation (a/fgm): cultural factors that support this tradition
JO  - Procedia - social and behavioral sciences
A1  - Ruiz, Ismael Jiménez
A1  - Bravo, María del Mar Pastor
A1  - Martínez, Pilar Almansa
A1  - Meseguer, Carmen Ballesteros
SP  - 631
EP  - 638
VL  - 132
IS  - 
N2  - 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 />
LA  - en
SN  - 1877-0428
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sbspro.2014.04.365
ID  - ref1
ER  -