NYT refuses to use the term “female genital mutilation” to describe female genital mutilation
by: Vicki Batts
NaturalNews.com
Thursday, May 04, 2017
When it comes to female genital mutilation, the general consensus is that the practice is a major violation of human rights — and in fact, is internationally recognized as such, according to the World Health Organization. More specifically, however, female genital mutilation (or FGM for short) is an issue of women’s rights, because as the name implies — it is a barbaric act that is perpetrated against women, and predominantly, young girls.
Apparently, the Left-wing media has forgotten that they are supposed to be advocating for women’s rights. Or perhaps, they’ve just determined it’s more fruitful to pander to other groups these days. Recently, The New York Times took their political correctness to new heights by referring to the savage procedure not by it’s name or acronym, but simply as “genital cutting.” Not genital mutilation or FGM, which is the correct description for what is being done to little girls often under the tender age of 15; nope, just “genital cutting,” a term which all but strips the act of its brutality
As The Daily Caller reports:
“There’s a gulf between the Western (and some African) advocates who campaign against the practice and the people who follow the rite, and I felt the language used widened that chasm,” NYT science and health editor Celia Dugger explained Friday.
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