Sociological Effects on Women
- This practice is seen as an initiation of girls into womanhood
- It socially integrates everyone in a society
- Maintains cohesion within the society
- Strong pressure to conform to what others have done in the past
- It is considered the proper way to raise a girl and prepare her for marriage and her future adult life
- Discourages deviant sexual behavior by eliminating the main source of sexual pleasure before marriage so that the girl remains pure and her virginity sacred
- Girls are seen as clean and more beautiful after the female circumcision
