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FGM's Just or Unjust?

The question raised is whether Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) should be allowed in cultures around the world in which it is practiced. It is hard to determine the ethics on this subject because it is performed in a culture not similar to western views. To decide whether or not this practice is morally correct is not in the hands of a westerner but that of the people within these cultures. Excluding personal biased medical and moral reasoning, FGM's should be continued to be allowed in these cultures for a number of reasons.
At first glance, this practice seems to be cruel, unreasonable, and medically unsafe, yet after further analyzing the subject it is clear that our biased (western) views on morals and culture cannot be more correct than theirs. Who is to say that one culture is better than another? Before jumping on a particular side, one needs to consider that these cultures in which they practice FGM's have been around for thousands of years......

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