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by isomorph·7y ago·view on hn ↗
There are many African students at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (an alumnus of which runs the World Health Organization).

The discourse at that institution around circumcision, and the taboo of mentioning it alongside FGM/C without saying "circumcision is NOTHING compared to FGM" are difficult

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The fallacy that MGM and FGM need to compete rhetorically is a significant hurdle in the discourse. Too many people see it as an unnecessary game of one-upmanship for some reason.