Female genital mutilation has gone on in Africa for thousands of years and is carried out annually in 28 countries.

Sep 30, 2008 - Brandi Rhoades

Embroideries is an ongoing creative campaign against FGM. Send in your 8x8" vulva patches to make a giant quilt for display at Coco de Mer erotic boutique.

Aug 25, 2011 - Nicci Talbot

Female Genital Mutilation, or FGM, is a classic case of tension between human rights law and cultural relativism. Find out how American courts treat the issue.

Jul 1, 2008 - Judith Faucette

Activists say that genital mutilation of girls is more common in America than people may think. It's even described in mainstream medical literature.

Jun 22, 2010 - Jon Pike

Female genital cutting (FGC) resides within a highly controversial and complex terrain marked by diverse discourses, practices, experiences, and elimination efforts.

Aug 27, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Since the 1970s, international campaigns and conferences have addressed FGC. A variety of elimination efforts have been proposed, tested, and met with mixed results.

Aug 27, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Media and porn are powerful social engineering tools driving women's poor body image, fueling demand for cosmetic surgery. It's a boon for surgeons, but a bust for women.

Apr 19, 2009 - Jacqueline S. Homan

Female genital cutting is practiced in many parts of the world as part of entrenched cultural traditions. Eliminating this practice will take many decades.

Apr 9, 2011 - Rosemary King

Western literature often portrays FGC as a static "tradition," yet FGC is a changing practice, existing in a wide-range of political, historical, and social contexts.

Aug 27, 2008 - Alanna Muniz

Many people mistakenly believe that circumcision is the same whether done on a male or female. Find out the differences.

Sep 30, 2008 - Brandi Rhoades

Female circumcision may go back to the time of the Pharaohs. While unlawful in most countries today, the practice continues in Egypt and other areas.

Jan 26, 2010 - Paula I. Nielson

Imiquimod, an immune response modifier, is one of the best treatment options to cure external genital warts.

Sep 28, 2009 - Hanish Babu

Teens determined to self-mutilate are now embedding objects into their bodies. Unlike cutting and burning, self-embedding is easier to conceal.

Sep 14, 2010 - Elizabeth Batt

Genital cosmetic surgery for women may include labia surgery, known as labiaplasty or labia rejuvenation, which alters the inner genital lips.

Nov 15, 2010 - Kate Le Page

"Lost" and "Party of Five" actor Matthew Fox alleged punched a female bus driver in the breasts and groin during a drunken romp in Cleveland on Saturday.

Aug 30, 2011 - Dale Ray

Men get thrush too! It isn't purely a woman's illness. Find out how to cure yeast or fungal infections in the genital and groin area the natural way.

Sep 27, 2009 - Christine Fadhley

Genital warts often go undiagnosed because many people do not know what genital warts look like and which symptoms to look out for. Learn to recognize genital warts.

Jan 5, 2010 - William Berg Berg

There are different clinical types of ano-genital warts, the commonest sexually transmitted disease of viral origin caused by the human papilloma virus.

Jun 13, 2010 - Hanish Babu

The symbols for these female saints tell stories of how they led exemplary lives or, for those who suffered martyrdom, tell the instrument of their death.

Aug 21, 2007 - Suzanne Hill

There are many modes of therapies available for treatment of sexually transmitted HPV infections, but these may not actually cure the ano-genital warts.

Jun 14, 2010 - Hanish Babu