Dirie M A, Lindmark G
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand. 1991;70(7-8):581-5. doi: 10.3109/00016349109007920.
Two hundred and ninety Somalian women have participated in a study. They responded adequately to the questionnaire administered. One hundred percent of these women were circumcised, despite their relatively high socio-economic status as shown by their educational level. Eighty-eight percent of them had been circumcised with excision and infibulation, 6.5% were circumcised with clitoridectomy and the remaining 5.5% with Sunna. The majority of these women justified the practice of female circumcision with religious reasons and all were willing to circumcise their daughters. Fifty-two percent of the respondents had been operated on by medically untrained persons, usually traditional birth attendants and the majority were operated on at home.
290名索马里女性参与了一项研究。她们对所发放的问卷做出了充分回应。尽管从教育水平来看这些女性的社会经济地位相对较高，但她们100%都接受过割礼。其中88%的女性接受了切除和阴部扣锁法割礼，6.5%接受了阴蒂切除术割礼，其余5.5%接受了逊奈割礼。这些女性中的大多数以宗教理由为女性割礼习俗辩护，并且都愿意为自己的女儿进行割礼。52%的受访者是由未受过医学培训的人实施的手术，通常是传统接生员，而且大多数手术是在家里进行的。
