Norwegian Centre for Violence and Traumatic Stress Studies (NKVTS), Nydalen, Oslo, Norway.
PLoS One. 2022 Jun 17;17(6):e0268322. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0268322. eCollection 2022.
Somali and Sudanese transnational discourses on female genital cutting (FGC) center on a shift from infibulation to sunna circumcision, a change perceived to reduce health risks and accommodate religious teaching, yet this shift is far less extensive and substantial than its typical portrayal suggests. Based on data from interviews and focus group discussions with 95 migrants of Somali and Sudanese origin, in this paper, I explore these migrants' discourses of change and how and why they seem blurred and contradictory. Most participants described the ongoing abandonment of infibulation and uptake of sunna circumcision in terms of civilization, modernization and transition toward a more correct Islam; however, their perceptions of the anatomical extents and religious and cultural meanings of sunna circumcision appeared blurred and contradictory. We suggest that these blurred and contradictory perceptions of sunna circumcision enable the study's participants to maneuver in a context of opposing and changing social norms regarding FGC.
索马里和苏丹的女性割礼（FGC）跨国论述集中在从阴蒂缝合转变为逊尼割礼，这种转变被认为降低了健康风险，并符合宗教教义，但这种转变远没有其典型描述的那么广泛和实质性。基于对 95 名索马里和苏丹移民的访谈和焦点小组讨论的数据，本文探讨了这些移民对变革的论述，以及他们的论述为何显得模糊和矛盾。大多数参与者将阴蒂缝合的持续放弃和逊尼割礼的采用描述为文明、现代化和向更正确的伊斯兰教的转变；然而，他们对逊尼割礼的解剖范围以及宗教和文化意义的看法似乎模糊和矛盾。我们认为，对逊尼割礼的这种模糊和矛盾的看法使研究参与者能够在关于 FGC 的对立和不断变化的社会规范背景下灵活应对。
