Dettmeyer Reinhard, Laux Johannes, Friedl Hannah, Zedler Barbara, Bratzke Hansjürgen, Parzeller Markus
Aus dem Institut für Rechtsmedizin der Universität Giessen.
Arch Kriminol. 2011 Jan-Feb;227(1-2):1-22.
Female genital mutilation (FGM) is considered to be against the law and against morality not only in Western countries, although a woman of age and able to consent may sometimes think differently. The procedure may have serious physical and emotional consequences for the girl or woman. Nevertheless there are attempts to justify the procedure with medical and hygienic pseudoarguments, ideology, freedom of religion, cultural identity and social adequacy. Outside the Western world, some people claim that religion and culture alone justify the practice. In Germany, parents can lose the right to determine the residence of their daughter, if she is faced with the risk of genital mutilation in order to prevent that the child or girl is taken to her home country. Genital mutilation as a gender-specific threat is recognized as a reason to grant asylum or prevent deportation. Proposals to make genital mutilation a separate punishable offence are presently discussed by the legislator.
女性生殖器切割不仅在西方国家被视为违法和不道德行为，尽管达到一定年龄且能够自主决定的女性有时可能有不同看法。该手术可能给女孩或女性带来严重的身体和情感后果。然而，仍有人试图用医学和卫生方面的伪论据、意识形态、宗教自由、文化认同和社会适应性来为该手术辩解。在西方世界之外，一些人声称仅宗教和文化就能为这种做法提供正当理由。在德国，如果女儿面临生殖器切割的风险，为防止孩子或女孩被带回其祖国，父母可能会失去决定女儿居住地的权利。生殖器切割作为一种针对性别的威胁，被视为给予庇护或阻止驱逐出境的理由。立法者目前正在讨论将女性生殖器切割定为一项单独可惩处罪行的提案。
