I have been reading about the practice of female genital mutilation as a rite of passage in some cultures and have some questions:
1) What is the rationale for this practice?
2) Why is it that anthropologists do not apply cultural relativism here?Wouldn't it be better if they did?
3) Are there any genital mutilation practices in the U.S.? (because I can't think of any but am wondering if they do exist). Is circumcision considered this? Why are so many boys in the U.S. circumcised immediately after birth?