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Adding to the article "Female Genital Mutilation", specifically adding to the "opposition" section.

The common comparison with female genital mutilation, is the procedure of male circumcision. However, there is one large issue with this comparison. As stated earlier, female genital mutilation is divided into subsections, signaling the varying extremes of the procedure. The common western society view of female genital mutilation is that it is dangerous, and not medically necessary. This assumption derives from the procedure being outlawed in the United States. In contrast, Male circumcision is a medically accepted routine procedure in the United States. However, despite the 71.2% of males in the United states undergoing the procedure, it is only prevalent in 38.7% of males worldwide. However, when making this comparison most compare the mildest and medically accepted version of male circumcision to the most extreme and invasive method of female genital mutilation, which is not an equal comparison. There are both medically accepted versions, and more primitive versions of both procedures. For example, "Labiaplasty is an example of female genital mutilation. Labiaplasty is plastic surgery procedure for altering the labia minora and the labia majora, the folds of skin surrounding the human vulva". It is argued that female genital mutilation destroys the women's sexuality and sexual desire. However, it was discovered that 91.43% of mutilated women reported the ability to orgasm. Across the world interpretations of circumcision, male or female, vary along with cultures. For this reason, societies will defend and refute FGM and male circumcision differently. In general, cultural traditions can only be completely understood from within such culture.

Sources that may be used:

Dionne, Kim Y., and Michelle Poulin. “Ethnic Identity, Region and Attitudes towards Male

Circumcision in a High HIV-Prevalence Country.” Global Public Health, vol. 8, no. 5, 2013, pp. 607–618., doi:10.1080/17441692.2013.790988

Earp, Brian. “Female Genital Mutilation and Male Circumcision: toward an Autonomy-Based

Ethical Framework.” Medicolegal and Bioethics, 2015, p. 89., doi:10.2147/mb.s63709.

Evans, Mihail. “Circumcision in Boys and Girls: Why the Double Standard?” Bmj, 2011, p.

d978., doi:10.1136/bmj.d978.

Krupa, Michelle. “The Alarming Rise of Female Genital Mutilation in America.” CNN, Cable

News Network, 14 July 2017, www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/health/female-genital-mutilation-fgm-explainer-trnd/index.html.

“Male vs. Female Circumcision • The Circumcision Decision.” The Circumcision Decision RSS,

thecircumcisiondecision.com/male-vs-female-circumcision/.

Adding to the article "Gender pay gap in the united states", referencing the article "why the gender wage gap won't go away. ever"

The gender wage gap varies from 75-cents and 81-cents. However, there are many factors affecting this gap. For example, female doctors make 64.2 percent of their male counterparts. The problem with this is that statistically, there are more males who are surgeons which explains the wage gap. Additionally, the 11 job "titles" provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics are very broad. These broad categories mean that a manager at footlocker could be compared to the CEO of footlocker, because both are working in "business".