Genital Mutilation:
Yoni Tantra
Yoni Puja
&
Goddesses
through The Feminist Lens

Clitoridectomy and Infibulation on African Infants

"She loses only a little piece of the clitoris, just the part that protrudes. The girl does not miss it. She can still feel, after all. There is hardly any pain. Women's pain thresholds are so much higher than men's." "It's only a little piece of skin. The baby does not feel any pain because his nervous system is not developed yet."

"The parts that are cut away are disgusting and hideous to look at. It is done for the beauty of the suture." "An uncircumcised penis is a real turn-off. Its disgusting. It looks like the penis of an animal."

"Female circumcision protects the health of a woman. Infibulation prevents the uterus from falling out [uterine prolapse]. It keeps her smelling so sweet that her husband will be pleased. If it is not done, she will stink and get worms in her vagina." "An uncircumcised penis causes urinary infections and penile cancer. It generates smegma and smegma stinks. A circumcised penis is more hygienic and oral sex with an uncircumcised penis is disgusting to women."
"An uncircumcised vulva is unclean and only the lowest prostitute would leave her daughter uncircumcised. No man would dream of marrying an unclean woman. He would be laughed at by everyone." "An uncircumcised penis is dirty and only the lowest class of people with no concept of hygiene leave their boys uncircumcised."

"Leaving a girl uncircumcised endangers both her husband and her baby. If the baby's head touches the uncut clitoris during birth, the baby will be born hydrocephalic [excess cranial fluid]. The milk of the mother will become poisonous. If a man's penis touches a woman's clitoris he will become impotent." "Men have an obligation to their wives to give up their foreskin. An uncircumcised penis will cause cervical cancer in women. It also spreads disease."
"A circumcised woman is sexually more pleasing to her husband. The tighter she is sewn, the more pleasure he has." "Circumcised men make better lovers because they have no more staying power than uncircumcised men."

"All the women in the world are circumcised. It is something that must be done. If there is pain, then that is part of a woman's lot in life." "Men in all the 'civilized' world are circumcised."
"Doctors do it, so it must be a good thing." "Doctors do it, so it must be a good thing."
Sudanese grandmother: "In some countries they only cut out the clitoris, but here we do it properly. We scrape our girls clean. If it is properly done, nothing is left, other than a scar. Everything has to be cut away." My own father, a physician, speaking of ritual circumcision inflicted upon my son: "It is a good thing that I was here to preside. He had quite a long foreskin. I made sure that we gave him a good tight circumcision."

35 year old Sudanese woman: "Yes, I have suffered from chronic pelvic infections and terrible pain for years now. You say that all if this is the result of my circumcision? But I was circumcised over 30 years ago! How can something that was done for me when I was four years old have anything to do with my health now?" 35 years old American male: "I have lost nearly all interest in sex. You might say that I'm becoming impotent. I don't seem to have much sensation in my penis anymore, and it is becoming more and more difficult for me to reach orgasm. You say that this is the result of my circumcision? That doesn't make any sense. I was circumcised 35 years ago, when I was a little boy. How can that affect me in any way now?"

Chick Lit: Shakti, the mother Goddess, also known as Ambaa (mother), or Devi (Goddess) is considered to be the personification of Cosmic Energy in its dynamic form. It is believed that Shakti is the power and energy with which the Universe is created, preserved, destroyed and recreated (by the trinity of Hinduism Bhrahma, Vishnu and Shiva). Chick Lit would do well to explore this avenue with further investigation into the feminine psyche.

Beyond body scarification and tatoos
Beyond Genital Mutilation

Genital Warts are the ulitmate in genital disfigurement. Non prescribed treatment of warts is okay for facial, however, not for a vaginal wart or penile wart. The condition is usually caused by human papilloma viruses. Infection affects the skin and mucous membranes; it can occur in any age, but increases at 12-16 years. The disease is asymptomatic, but may cause cosmetic disfigurement and tenderness. Malignant change is rare. No amount of piercing will affect the aflicted area, however, geniatal warts are a large part of tribal discourse. Genital warts can be attractive in rare occasions, depending on the aesthetic of the beholder.

prescribed treatment of warts is okay for facial warts, however, not for the vagina or penile wart. Do not mix medications!

genital disfigurement is not always a handicap for social acceptance or procreation. There are minimal discomforts; trade offs for the benefit of the tribe and the promotion of courtly love.
Rules for Courtly Love

The Goddess,
Feminist Theory and
The Mud Flap Women
Resources for and reference to the Mudflap Woman or Mud Flap Girl are being preserved and cataloged by the Men's Caucus for Women of the Arts.
Goddess worship comes in many forms:
The Mud-flap Women is iconic and profound, a source of renewal and vitality. Most men know of the power of the Mud Flap Women as Goddess on a visceral level but the intellectual processes are ambiguous and less well defined.
The Promise Makers have archived references and linage from the distant past -- icons of the Mud Flap Women. Goddesses come in many forms but relate to the same theme, a source of power –- fecundity. There is a need for much more thought on this topic to clearify feminist doctrine. In order to conclude a unified field theory on the status of the Mud Flap Woman -- the Promise Makers and the Men's Caucus for Women of the Arts has archived a rich body of knowledge. They are tasked to the challenge.

Promise Makers archives: "As long as there are mudflaps there will be Mud Flap Ladies."
Have you ever wanted to know what happened to the Mud Flap Women? She's still trucken however her supporters have diminished. There are many reasons for her decline, foremost, is Feminism, a coalition that believes that sex and gender are not objectifiable. The Promise Makers knows better, a champign has been launched to reserrect the Goddeses, including the MudFlap Women. If the Venus of Villendorf can be worshiped, her powers and symbology is essentially the same as the Mud Flap Women. Directly decentant from fertility symbology, the Mud Flap Women symbol is a icon for mobility in the last century. A Venus of Villendorf would not fit on a mud flap with any aesthetic perportion, thus the Mud Flap Women.
Far less sexist than a Playboy Bunny, the Mud Flap Women is a icon with a long and proud past. "As long as there are mud flaps there will be Mud-Flap Women, they will be there to symoblically reference productivity, reproductivity, fruitfulness, fecundity and fertility,"

Masters and Johnson with Baker
67"X 42" Oil on Canvas
Heather Maxwell 2/05

Artist conception: Rare intimate moment of Masters and Johnson with Norma Jean Baker