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First published online: September 2, 1997. Female circumcision, the partial or total cutting away of the external female genitalia, has been practiced for centuries in parts of Africa, generally as one element of a rite of passage preparing young girls for womanhood and marriage.
Bigelow (1992) traces the development of various forms of circumcision within Judaism through the centuries and into modern times. Voskuil (1994) suggests that the identical 28 day lunar month and the monthly menstruation cycle of the woman are linked to the origin of circumcision. Gollaher (1994) describes the transformation of ritual circumcision into a medical procedure.