Abstract
FGM/C violates human rights. FGM/C women's sexuality is not well known and often it is neglected. Physicians caring for women with FGM/C have little understanding of the customs, culture, and tradition, and the roles they play in women's sexual experiences. Sexuality must be considered in the context of the environment in which a woman and her partner live. In addition in mutilated women, some fundamental structures for the orgasm have not been excised. The aim of this report is to describe and analyze the results of five investigations on sexual functioning in different groups of cut women. Semistructured interviews; Female Sexual Function Index (FSFI). Sample. 5 Groups of women affected by different types of FGM/C, living in the West. A control group of intact women. Every group of study reported orgasm, the group investigated with FSFI showed significant differences comparing with an equivalent group of control in Desire, Arousal, Orgasm, Satisfaction with mean scores higher in the group of mutilated women. Embryology, anatomy, and physiology of female erectile organs are neglected in specialist textbooks. Cultural influence can change the perception of the pleasure, as well as social acceptance. Every woman has the right to have sexual health and to feel sexual pleasure for full psychophysical well-being. In accordance with other researches, the present study reports that FGM/C women can have the possibility to reach an orgasm. Therefore, FGM/C women with sexual dysfunctions can and must be cured; they have the right to have an appropriate sexual therapy.
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