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Mutilation or maiming (from the Latin: mutilus) is severe damage to the body that has a subsequent harmful effect on an individual's quality of life. [ 1 ] In the modern era , the term has an overwhelmingly negative connotation , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] referring to alterations that render something inferior, dysfunctional, imperfect, or ugly.
Genital modification and mutilation: Female genital mutilation; Clitoral hood reduction – removal of the clitoral hood; Clitoridectomy – removal of the clitoris; Infibulation – removal of the external genitalia (and suturing of the vulva) Labiaplasty – alteration (removal, reduction, enhancement, or creation) of the labia
[1] [2] [3] Other terms such as cutting, self-injury, and self-mutilation have been used for any self-harming behavior regardless of suicidal intent. [ 2 ] [ 4 ] Common forms of self-harm include damaging the skin with a sharp object or scratching with the fingernails, hitting , or burning .
Posting on Truth Social, Trump said, "Today, it was my great honor to sign an Executive Order banning the chemical castration and medical mutilation of innocent children in the United States of ...
An FBI and U.S. Border Patrol task force recently arrested a Juárez woman in a raid at an El Paso motel in a border case featuring a dark brew of drug trafficking, mutilation killings and the ...
Merriam-Webster defines "mutilate" as "to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect", but gives a relatively mild example: "the child mutilated the book with his scissors". [4] Animal rights advocates often pejoratively refer to these procedures as mutilations.
From ancient history to the modern day, the clitoris has been discredited, dismissed and deleted -- and women's pleasure has often been left out of the conversation entirely. Now, an underground art movement led by artist Sophia Wallace is emerging across the globe to challenge the lies, question the myths and rewrite the rules around sex and the female body.
Rachael Maskell, the Labour MP for York Central, said VAT refunds help in “preserving the traditions which many people in this debate today will benefit from”, including stonemasons and glaziers.